1926 Gala Disaster

The 1926 Gala Disaster (officially titled The 1926 Hubert Dunningfarm's Murderhand Disease Awareness Gala) was a gala hosted on the night of September 18th 1926 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, New York. Intended to be a fundraiser to promote Murderhand Disease Awareness, the gala turned into an unmitigated disaster when The Birthdaymeister appeared before the crowd for reasons still unknown. Terrified by his appearance, the crowd went into a panic that resulted in the interior of the Roosevelt Hotel being badly damaged and the near total destruction of the street out front. The Roosevelt hotel became closed for repairs until 1935.