The Absolute CHAOS of Ten Cent Beer Night | Fascinating History

I tell the story of an ill-conceived Ten Cent Beer Night promotion that almost caused a riot in 1974... Fascinating History posts weekly videos about infamous flops, failures and mistakes from throughout history... and whatever other weird stories from the past catch my eye. Thanks for watching! LINKS: 🔗 ► My other channel:    / @fascinatinghorror   ► Support this channel:   / fascinatinghorror   |    / @fascinatinghistoric   ► Follow me:   / funhistorytales   |   / funhistorytales   |   / funhistorictales   ► Get in touch: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:46 - The Warm Up ► 04:16 - The Game ► 14:38 - The Clean Up MUSIC: 🎵 ► "A Stranger Thing" by Bruno E ILLUSTRATIONS: 🎨 ► Comics by Emma Galloway (https://artofemmag.carrd.co/) SOURCES: 📑 ► "1976: The Year Cleveland Became Bomb City, USA" published by Cleveland Public Library, October 2017. Link: https://cpl.org/1976-the-year-clevela... ► "Fifty years later, the chaos of Cleveland's 10-Cent Beer Night still shocks" by Zack Meisel, published by The Athletic/The New York Times, March 2024. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5528... ► "The Beer Night Riot, 50 Years Ago: What Was That America Like?" by Daniel McGraw, published by The Bulwark, June 2024. Link: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-beer... ► "10 Cent Beer Night: An Oral History of Cleveland Baseball's Most Infamous Night" by Vince Guerrieri, published by Cleveland Magazine, May 2024. Link: https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-... ► "Ten Cent Beer Night: The Complete Guide to the Riot That Helped Save Baseball in Cleveland" by Scott Jarrett, published by Bookbaby, July 2024. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio... #history #failure #disaster #sports #baseball #weirdhistory