At dusk on Tuesday, November 9, 1965, one of the biggest
power failures in history occurred as all of New York state,
portions of seven nearby states, and parts of eastern
Canada are plunged into darkness.

The Great Northeast Blackout began at the height of rush
hour, delaying millions of commuters, trapping 800,000
people in New York’s subways, and stranding thousands
more in office buildings, elevators, and trains.

1959

Arthur William Matthew Carney
(November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003)

Art Carney was an actor and comedian. A recipient of an
Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and six Primetime
Emmy Awards, he was best known for his role as Ed Norton
on the sitcom The Honeymooners (below) (1955–1956).

John F. Kennedy, 43, becomes the youngest man ever to
be elected president of the United States, narrowly beating
Republican Vice President Richard Nixon. He was also the
first Catholic to become president.

On November 7, 1916, Montana suffragist Jeannette Rankin 
was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the
first woman in the history of the nation to win a seat in the
federal Congress.

Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973)

On November 7, 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was
elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. FDR remains
the only president to have served more than two terms.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)