events
August 14, 2003
A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
Northeast blackout of 2003
The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and most parts of the Canadian province of Ontario on Thursday, August 14, 2003, beginning just after 4:10 p.m. EDT.
August 14
August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 139 days remain until the end of the year.