ON THIS DAY: In 1977, New York City was hit with a massive blackout, which brought out the best and the worst in New Yorkers, sparking looting and riots in some parts of the city, bringing neighbors out into the hot summer streets for impromptu blackout festivals in others. Robert Carradine and Ray Milland star in 1978's BLACKOUT, about an office building terrorized by criminals during the infamous power outage. [today's movie at IMDb]

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