The birthday girl, however, did not make any appearance before the crowd, as she decided to spend the day at her grandparents' home quietly. Although Thessa had planned on celebrating her birthday with friends and family members, thousands of Facebook users in Germany signed up for the open-invite event and around 1,500 people showed up at the listed address. According to the official statement, the party was mostly peaceful with exceptions of 11 people who were taken into custody for various indecent behaviors and misdemeanor charges. Thessa’s Birthday was a Facebook event organized by Thessa K., a German teenager from Hamburg, Germany in June 2011. and many attendants brought signs and posters with congratulatory message for Thessa. The outdoor impromptu festival continued throughout the evening from 7 p.m. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - JUNE 3: Third baseman Thessa Malauulu of the UCLA Bruins catches a pop-foul by Skyler Shellmyer 8 of the Northwestern Wildcats in the fourth inning during the NCAA Womens College World Series at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex on Jin Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On the day of Thessa's birthday, at least 1500 people showed up at the sixteen year old's Hamburg residence, which alerted the local police department to dispatch nearly 100 officers and cordon off Thessa's house from the crowds. On June 1st, the story quickly spread out of Germany, receiving international media coverage from TIME, AP and Al-Jazeera as well as blogs like The Daily What and The Huffington Post. In leading up to the day of event, German news publications and websites like Spiegel, Stern and Die Welt began reporting on the Flashmob party crashers, inviting more pranksters to add themselves to the guest list.
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