July 12, 2004

Unlikely Concurrent Anniversaries

Two-hundred years since the Alexander Hamilton/Aaron Burr duel; 25 since Disco Demolition Night. Jim Caple calls the latter “the most famous promotion in sports history that didn't involve a midget.”

And coming just days after the hundredth anniversary of Herzl’s death is the centenary of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s birth. There’s a party scheduled, though not on this street:

Posted by Stephen Silver at July 12, 2004 05:57 PM
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