THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
Sept. 27, 1961: Publication of Houdini's Fabulous Magic by Walter B. Gibson and Morris N. Young. [more]
Sept. 28, 1907: Houdini dives handcuffed into lake at Westlake Park in Los Angeles. [story]
Sept. 29, 1977: Houdini A Circus Opera opens at Theater Carré in Amsterdam. [more]
Sept. 30, 1915: Suspended straitjacket escape from the Tribune Building in Minneapolis.
Oct. 1, 1916: Weiss family plot and exedra dedication ceremony at Machpelah Cemetery in Queens, NY. [more]
Oct. 2, 1976: Houdini’s Haldane of the Secret Service co-star Gladys Leslie dies at age 77 in Boyoton Beach, FL.
Oct. 3, 1904: Houdini introduces The Prison Cell & Barrel Mystery at Regent Theater in Salford, UK. [more]
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