THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
Aug. 30, 1914: Papers report that Franz Kukol has returned to Germany "to aid the Fatherland." [more]
Aug. 31, 1925: Houdini debuts his full evening '3 Shows in One' at the Maryland Theater in Cumberland. [story]
Sept. 1, 1996: Publication of Houdini!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss by Kenneth Silverman.
Sept. 2, 1926: Houdini begins his final tour at the Lyceum Theater in Paterson, NJ.
Sept. 3, 1879: Leopold David Weiss born in Appleton, Wisconsin. [more]
Sept. 4, 1911: Houdini begins new vaudeville tour in Montreal, Canada, advertising "no handcuffs."
Sept. 5, 1908: Houdini jumps manacled from Friedrichs Bridge in Berlin. [story]
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