
Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, during which
a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field. It was held during
night half of the Chicago White
Sox and the Detroit Tigers
double header.
During the climax of the event, rowdy fans surged onto the
field, and a near riot ensued. It would ultimately prove to be one of the most
notable promotional ideas and one of the most infamous since "Ten Cent Beer Night"
in Cleveland in 1974.

To this day, the second game of this doubleheader
is still the last game forfeited in the
American League. The
last game to end in this manner in the National League was on
August 10, 1995, when a baseball giveaway promotion went awry and resulted in
the Los Angeles
Dodgers forfeiture.
Check out the video below of ESPN's coverage of Disco Demolition Night:
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