LAST WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
March 7, 1917: Suspended straitjacket escape from Brownell Bldg. at Exchange Place in Providence, RI.
March 8, 2002: Police recover the Houdini grave bust stolen in 1983. [story]
March 9, 1910: Challenged by the Willsmere Certified Milk Co. in Australia to escape his Milk Can filled with real milk.
March 10, 1920: Sends a copy of The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
March 11, 1905: Challenged by M. Louis Vuitton to escape from a packing case in Paris.
March 12, 1912: Escapes from cell No. 4 at the First Precinct Police Station in Trenton, NJ. One of his last jailbreaks.
March 13, 1907: Challenged by high school boys to be bound in tarred ropes in Toledo. Escape takes 45 mins.
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