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Today is the 56th anniversary of the Great Northeast Black-Out! Misptogramming in a Queenston, Ontario power plant near Niagara Falls set off a series of relays that affected the entire Northeast power grid. Oh, and some people claim seeing a flying saucer hovering over the Niagara Falls power plant just before the black-out. ;)

The northeast blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on Tuesday, November 9, 1965, affecting parts of Ontario in Canada and Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the United States.

Wikipedia gives a good explanation of the cause.

Darkness everywhere! People relied on transistor radios to give them the news. As eerie as The Twilight Zone episode, The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street. ;)

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Happy Canada Day to all our friends to the North! May it be a festive day! :)

How do Canadians celebrate their national holiday? Here in the U.S. it's with parades, cook-outs and fireworks. What's considered 'American foods' are hot dogs and hamburgers, and you add in potato salad, pasta salad, chips 'n' dips, and all sorts of goodies! :) You might get a band concert on the town common (and in Boston, it's a big show on the Esplanade). Lots of red-white-and-blue!

What are Canada's national foods? I know French fries with vinegar are popular (or were about fifteen years ago), and poutine. What is considered a quintessential Canadian dish?

I like the fact that in Niagara Falls, the two countries share a week of fireworks because their national holidays are so close together. :)

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