At 2 a.m. on January 6, 1974, the clocks went forward one hour to daylight saving time and Americans endured a difficult winter of trudging to work and school in darkness. In some parts of the country, the sun didn’t rise until 9 a.m.
“Many school children missed their free breakfasts, some workers walked to subways and buses with trepidation, and many people felt strange yesterday as the day began an hour earlier for most in an eerie darkness,” read a January 8, 1974, report in The New York Times.
