LAST WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
Feb. 28, 1917: Suspended straitjacket from the B.F. Keith’s Building on Tremont St. in Boston.
March 1, 1974: Only know print of The Grim Game is screened at the New School in New York City. [story]
March 2, 1916: Attends Circumnavigators Club dinner at the Hotel McAlpin in New York. [more]
March 3, 1913: Presents Franz Kukol with a gold watch on-stage as thanks for 10 years service.
March 4, 1876: Ferenc Dezso Weisz (Hardeen) is born in Budapest, Hungary.
March 5, 1913: Jumps from Newport Bridge into River Usk. Uses a double to fool the police.
March 6, 1924: Spirit lecture at Textile Hall in Greenville, South Carolina. [more]
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