The Night the Lights Went Out (Nov. 9, 1965)

The Daily Muster · Nov 9, 2026 · 10m

At rush hour, 30 million people suddenly lost their lights.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:09 Borrowed Power

2:01 5:16 and Eleven Seconds

3:21 Dominoes

4:43 Underground

5:35 By the Light of the Moon

7:00 The Harder Question

SOURCES

- American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara): Lyndon B. Johnson, Memorandum Concerning the Power Failure in the Northeastern United States, November 9, 1965: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/memorandum-concerning-the-power-failure-the-northeastern-united-states

- American Presidency Project…