THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
May 17, 1909: Les merveilleux exploits de Houdini Ă Paris is released by Films Lux. [related]
May 18, 1926: Houdini testifies before a congressional committee in support of a bill to outlaw fortune telling. [story]
May 19, 1911: Double packing case challenge escape at the Empire Finsbury Park in the UK
May 20, 1916: Houdini visits his boyhood home at 305 E. 69th St. Stands for 30 minutes “in silent meditation” thinking of his father.
May 21, 1914: Performs during matinee benefit for the National Institute for the Blind at the Finsbury Park Empire.
May 22, 1907: Jumps manacled from the Seventh St. bridge in Pittsburgh.
May 23, 1903: Performs for Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich at the Palace Kleinmichel in Moscow. [related]
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