On Feb. 26, 1979, at 11 a.m. Eastern time, ABC News broke from regular programming for a special astronomical event: the last time in the 20th century that any place in the United States would experience a total solar eclipse. Fighting the infamous cloud cover for a shot of the vanishing sun over Portland, Oregon, ABC showed the world images of a city plunged into a darkness like “midnight, practically.” When Oregonians would have typically been enjoying breakfast, they were, instead, turning on the lights.
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