See Photos From the Blackout That Crippled the Northeast in 1965
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New Yorkers burn papers in a litter basket to illuminate a street corner in the midtown Manhattan section of the city, Nov. 9, 1965, during a massive power failure that hit the northeastern United States and parts of Canada 50 years ago.