THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
Aug 1, 1910: Buys "electric chair" from Huber's Dime Museum auction. [story]
Aug 2, 1916: Suspended straitjacket escape from pier tower in Atlantic City.
Aug 3, 1959: Publication of Houdini The Man Who Walked Through Walls by William Lindsay Gresham. [more]
Aug 4, 1916: Challenged by Life Guards to escape a sea bag saturated in water.
Aug 5, 1926: Submerged casket test in the Hotel Shelton swimming pool. [story]
Aug 6, 1882: Rabbi Weiss gives his farewell sermon after losing job in Appleton.
Aug 7, 1928: James "The Amazing" Randi born in Toronto, Canada.
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