99 Years Ago Today, A Total Solar Eclipse Split A Major U.S. City—And History Will Repeat Itself In 75 Days
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99 Years Ago Today, A Total Solar Eclipse Split A Major U.S. City—And History Will Repeat Itself In 75 Days
  ;For more information about how, when and where to experience North America’s total solar eclipse and why you must try to get yourself to the path of totality on April 8,
In 75 days, a total solar eclipse will come to North America, throwing parts of 15 U.S. states into a rare darkness during the day, alongside parts of Mexico and Canada.
It’s happened before, most recently on August 21, 2017, but 99 years ago today—on January 24, 1925—a landmark total solar eclipse came to the U.S northeast that divided one of the biggest cities in the world into the eclipse haves and have-nots.
That day, totality struck just after sunrise, as seen from parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania,
New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The city of New Haven, Connecticut, saw totality for the longest—at 2 minutes—but this eclipse was most famous for what happened in Manhattan in New York City.
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