Notable blackouts throughout history [Pictures]
Super Bowl XLVII wasn't the first time the lights have gone out unexpectedly thanks to the vagaries of modern electricity. Here are a handful of examples of other famous blackouts.
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World War II
Scheduled blackouts were not unusual in the U.S. during World War II, as Americans prepared for feared enemy attacks. In this picture from 1939, a Baltimore woman and her two young charges occupy themselves by candlelight.
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