what year was the new york blackout?
New York City blackout of 1977
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 Occurring at an important time for Christmas shopping , the storm had a significant economic impact . In the week after the blizzard , national sales fell as much as seven percent relative to the corresponding week in 1959 . The New York Stock Exchange opened an hour late on December 12 in its first delayed opening since 1934 . 

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 The storm also had an economic impact . The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE ) and American Stock Exchange ( AMEX ) closed as a result of the storm . It was the first time in history that the NYSE closed for a full day due to the weather , and the first time since 1918 that AMEX had done so . All commodity exchanges in New York City and the National Association of Securities Dealers also closed . 

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 The 1893 New York hurricane , also known as the Midnight Storm , was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that struck the New York City area in August 1893 . First identified as a tropical storm on August 15 , over the central Atlantic Ocean , the hurricane moved northwestward for most of its course , ultimately peaking with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph ( 185 km / h ) and a minimum barometric pressure reading of 952 mbar ( hPa ; 28 @.@ 11 inHg ) . It turned due northward as it approached the U.S. East Coast and struck western Long Island on August 24 . It moved inland and quickly deteriorated , degenerating the next day . 

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 2001 – 2002 : Rudy Giuliani and Judith Nathan ; activating the drop was also Giuliani 's final act as mayor . Michael Bloomberg officially became the new Mayor of New York City upon the beginning of 2002 , and took his oath of office shortly after midnight 

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 The New York City draft riots ( July 13 – 16 , 1863 ) , known at the time as Draft Week , were violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of working @-@ class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War . The riots remain the largest civil and racial insurrection in American history , aside from the Civil War itself . 
