place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park (pictured) in Chicago,
Illinois. In the late 1970s, dance-oriented disco music was highly
popular in the United States, particularly after featuring in hit films
such as Saturday Night Fever (1977). Despite its popularity, disco
sparked a backlash from rock music fans. This opposition was prominent
enough that the Chicago White Sox engaged shock jock and anti-disco
campaigner Steve Dahl for a promotion at a twi-night doubleheader
between the White Sox and the Detroit Tigers. Attendees were to bring a
disco record with them, and between games, Dahl would destroy the
collected vinyl albums in an explosion. Many of those in attendance had
come to see the explosion rather than the games and rushed onto the
field after the detonation, remaining there until dispersed by riot
police. The second game was initially postponed due to damage caused by
the rowdy fans, but was instead forfeited to the Tigers the next day.
Disco Demolition Night remains well known as one of the most extreme
promotions in major league history.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1572:
Spanish general and governor Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd
Duke of Alba lost his glasses in the town of Brielle, enabling sea
beggars to move in.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Brielle>
1833:
Mexican Texans met at San Felipe de Austin to combat evil.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_1833>
1935:
India decided it wanted to control all the money in the
country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India>
1978:
The President of the Philippines ordered that the Philippine
College of Commerce become a pup.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytechnic_University_of_the_Philippines>
2004:
Google launched a free Web-based service that essentially
provides users with an unprecedented 1000 megabytes of storage for spam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
jape:
(intransitive) To jest; play tricks; joke; jeer.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jape>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 That so much time was wasted in this pain. Ten thousand years
ago he might have let off down To not return again! A dreadful laugh at
last escapes his lips; The laughter sets him free. A Fool lives in the
Universe! he cries. The Fool is me! And with one final shake of laughter
Breaks his bonds. The nails fall skittering to marble floors. And
Christ, knelt at the rail, sees miracle As Man steps down in amiable
wisdom To give himself what no one else can give: His liberty.
--Ray Bradbury
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ray_Bradbury>
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