World Series Mayhem Frame Color:White The 13-hour blackout hit New

The 13-hour blackout hit New York City in the middle of rush hour

changed the way Americans looked at Presidents and the powerful

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The harbor on Ile de Porquerolles

World Series Mayhem Frame Color:White The 13-hour blackout hit NewThousands of baseball fans gathered outside the The Times building to witness the latest results of the World Series in October 1919. They were drawn by the arrival of a new electronic scoreboard known as the Star Ball Player, which quickly became the talk of Times Square. "There is no play possible on the ball field that cannot be shown on this board," The Times reported that the remarkable device was so speedy and exact that "within fifteen seconds