History Schmistory: June 24. Dance Fever.

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 by teammarcopolo in History, History Schmistory, Learn!

1374: The town of Aachen, Germany experiences a massive outbreak of St. John’s Dance, aka the Dancing Plague, a mass psychogenic illness (MPI) of the 14th – 17th centuries that actually caused large groups of people to dance uncontrollably until they passed out.  Many can still be found at a Phish concert near you.