On August 14, 2003, a major outage knocked out power across
the eastern United States and parts of Canada. Beginning at
4:10 p.m. ET, 21 power plants shut down in just three minutes.

Fifty million people were affected, including residents of New
York, Cleveland and Detroit, as well as Toronto and Ottawa,
Canada.

Although power companies were able to resume some service
in as little as two hours, power remained off in other places for
more than a day.

The outage stopped trains and elevators, and disrupted everything
from cellular telephone service to operations at hospitals to traffic
at airports. In New York City, it took more than two hours for
passengers to be evacuated from stalled subway trains.

In New York City alone, the estimated cost of the blackout was
more than $500 million.

 
MIKE GRACIA

Art Carney as a young man in his school yearbook!

The sitcom originally aired from 1955 to 1956 on CBS.

Carney died at a care home in Chester, Connecticut, on November 9, 2003, five days after his 85th birthday.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Stephen Glenn Martin an actor, comedian, writer, producer,
and musician. He has won five Grammy Awards, a Primetime
Emmy  Award, and was awarded an Honorary Academy Award
at the Academy’s 5th Annual Governors Awards in 2013. He’s
77 today.       
 

In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list
of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.    

In 2009, Martin released his first all-music album, The Crow:
New Songs for the 5-String Banjo with appearances from
stars such as Dolly Parton.The album won the Grammy
Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2010.

1987

MIKE GRACIA

CAMILLE
BOHANNON

Stephen Glenn Martin is 74  years old today.

Actor, comedian, writer, filmmaker, and musician. Steve Martin came to
public notice in the 1960s as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy
Hour, and later as a frequent guest on The Tonight Show. In the 1970s,
Martin performed his offbeat, comedy routines before packed houses on
national tours. Since the 1980s, having branched away from comedy,
Martin has become a successful actor, as well as an author, playwright,
pianist, and banjo player, eventually earning him Emmy, Grammy, and
American Comedy awards, among other honors.

In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100
greatest stand-up comics. He was awarded an Honorary Academy Award
at the Academy’s 5th Annual Governors Awards in 2013.

The Jerk (1979)

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)