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In 1998, the Netherlands hosted a domino toppling exhibition called Domino D-Day, it was renamed Domino Day, following the initial 1998 event. The artist who toppled the first stone was the Finnish acrobat Salima Peippo. This record attempt was held in the WTC Expo hall in Leeuwarden. Largest rectangular level domino field (1 million tiles).Largest number of domino tiles resting on a single domino (1002 tiles) for more than 1 hour.

Fastest topple of 30 metres of domino tiles (4.21 sec, time by Churandy Martina: 3.81 sec).

Largest domino structure (25,000 tiles).

On Domino Day 2008 (14 November 2008), the Weijers Domino Productions team attempted to set 10 records: The event held on 18 November 2005 knocked over 4 million dominoes by a team from Weijers Domino Productions. The Netherlands has hosted an annual domino-toppling exhibition called Domino Day since 1986. Stunt engineer Bruce Duffy designed the World Domino Spectacular Stunt #22 which consisted of 53 flags representing the members of the World Federation of Hemophilia. After fifteen days of set-up, The World Domino Spectacular launched with over 30 domino stunts, Cairney and his all volunteer team cheered as the 22,000 square foot progressive topple crossed mini bridges, triggered a rocket, toppled spirals, knocked over a twenty foot domino peacock design and made the first domino-enabled international phone call to confirm the world record. On 9 June 1979, British engineer Michael Cairney set a Guinness Book World Record by toppling 169,573 dominoes in Poughkeepsie, New York at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center benefiting the National Hemophilia Association. The film is part of the permanent collection of the Berlin Film Museum.

In that same year student film makers Sheri Herman and Bonnie Cutler from Temple University produced and directed the film And They All Fall Down, showcasing Speca's talents.

In 1984, Klaus Friedrich from Germany was the last person to set up a new domino-toppling world record single-handedly. That event, and his appearance on The Tonight Show triggered a domino-toppling craze, leading to a long lasting competition among domino-builders about the world record. In 1976, at the age of 18, he established the first official world record for the most dominoes toppled in a chain reaction, by setting up and toppling down 11,111 pieces. The first public domino shows were those of Bob Speca, Jr. For large and elaborate arrangements, special blockages (also known as firebreaks) are employed at regular distances to prevent a premature toppling from undoing more than a section of the tiles while still being able to be removed without damage.Īt one time, Pressman Toys manufactured a product called Domino Rally that contained tiles and mechanical devices for setting up toppling exhibits. Arrangements of millions of tiles have been made that have taken many minutes, even hours to fall. Only the first domino should be toppled by hand in order to initiate the process the rest must be toppled automatically by one another in succession. Other tricks include three-dimensional stackings shapes such as spirals and letters Rube Goldberg machines special toppling techniques, and special effects. The dominoes can have different top and back colours, meaning that the dominoes display different colours before and after being toppled. Using dominoes of different colours, the builders are able to create patterns and images. Domino toppling is achieved by standing dominoes on end and arranging them in the desired patterns and sequences, Such a sequence is called a domino run.