The July 2012 blackout in India affected more than 300 million people, beating an earlier blackout in Northern India in 2001, which affected 230 million people.
In Obinsk, Russia, the first nuclear power plant had a net output of five megawatts. President Dwight D. Eisenhower opened the first American power plant four years later.
The first electricity in homes was for a few select customers in Manhattan, but obviously, it spread pretty quickly. As a result, “come around and see my light bulb” was only a good chat-up line for about a year.
