2012 Event In India, an earlier blackout that left over 600 million people without power ends when power is restored 2012 Event A power blackout in Northern England causes as many as 50,000 homes to have a power blackout after heavy winds, snow and ice bring down electricity cables 2011 Event Egypt partially restores Internet access after a five-day blackout 1996 Event Blackout in many areas of Queens, New York 1988 Event 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins 1987 Event 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England 1973 Event President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout 1973 Event Congress passes and sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout 1965 Event 5:16 PM, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario (New York blackout) 1941 Event SF 1st blackout, at 6:15 PM 1941 Birthday Jim Mitchum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Blackout, Invincible 6