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November 2007Happy Birthday: 1965When the lights went out during rush hour on November 9, 1965, the Great Northeast Blackout left 30 million people in the dark. It was the most dramatic lights-out in American history until the August 2003 blackout. Contrary to popular mythology, the overnight power outage did not result in a bump in the birth rate nine months later, but 1965 did see the birth of 220 words (and yes, 1966 saw 227). It's easy to check on which words first saw the light of print in a particular year. Select the Collegiate as the reference, click on Advanced Search, type the year in the Date field, and click on Search.
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