Disco Demolition Night

I was born during Disco Demolition Night, a Chicago White Sox home game in 1979 where unwanted disco records were collected and blown up in center field, causing a near-riot.

When it exploded, the bomb tore a hole in the outfield grass surface and thousands of fans immediately rushed the field. Some lit fires and started small-scale riots. The batting cage was pulled down and wrecked and the bases literally stolen, along with chunks of the field itself.

The police broke it up and the game was forfeited to the Detroit Tigers. It is considered a symbolic marker of the beginning of the decline of the musical fad – I was born on The Night Disco Died.

Submitted by crazymonk on Sat, 07/12/2008 - 12:00am.

Comments (9)

and you're its reincarnation! no wonder you love platform shoes so much.

jbg. | Sat, 07/12/2008 - 11:27am

you were also born on kiribati's independence day.

Jon May | Sat, 07/12/2008 - 8:42pm

Have you ever looked at the Wikipedia page for your birthday? This post led me to do it. I have some cool birthday twins. You do too: Thoreau! Buckminster Fuller! Pablo Neruda!

Lorelei | Sat, 07/12/2008 - 8:50pm

I am familiar with the works of Pablo Neruda.

RumorsDaily | Sat, 07/12/2008 - 10:02pm

Lucky bastard: 1977 - Edward Furlong, American actor; 1970 - Kevin Smith, American director and screenwriter; 1950 - Lance Ito, American judge? That's a sad bunch.

On the plus side, I have 1939 - Wes Craven, American film director. I guess.

ludditerobot | Sun, 07/13/2008 - 12:52am

eat it suckas, I GOT LINCOLN!

jbg. | Sun, 07/13/2008 - 10:20am

ps happy bday cm.

jbg. | Sun, 07/13/2008 - 10:21am

Yeah, CM, happy birthday.

I've never looked at my birthday compatriots before: Thomas Paine, Chekhov, W.C. Fields, Derek Bailey, Edward Abbey, Tom Selleck, Oprah, and Foetus!

Jesse | Sun, 07/13/2008 - 11:28am

Pshaw: "1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani."

Look out 14th century Italy, I've totally got your number!

RumorsDaily | Sun, 07/13/2008 - 12:12pm