This Day in History 11/9/20

Hello, and welcome to This Day in History. Here’s what happened on November 9th. It was the biggest power failure in U.S. history: On this day in 1965, the Great Northeast Blackout began when a power surge overwhelmed the transmission lines in western New York, which resulted in the eventual breakup of the entire Northeastern transmission network. All together, 30 million people in eight U.S. states and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec were affected by the blackout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices