Fear City: New York in the 1970s (TRIH ep 360)
1977 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record from Central Park and examine New York City in the 1970s, centring on the dramatic blackout of 13 July 1977. They describe the technical failure that plunged all five boroughs into darkness and the rapid descent into looting and arson—especially in neighborhoods such as Bushwick—contrasting civil scenes in parts of Manhattan with devastation elsewhere.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1977
- Prague Spring (1968)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)