The last total solar eclipse within the contiguous 48 United States occurred on February 26, 1979. Today's event is the first one since 1918 where the path of darkness crosses both East and West coasts as well as the first to make landfall exclusively in the U.S. since independence in 1776.
from Forbes Real Time http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/08/21/a-total-eclipse-is-a-rare-event-infographic/
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