LAST WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
July 26, 1914: Houdini visits his parents graves in Queens.
July 27, 1919: Houdini visits Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton on the set of Back Stage at the Comique studio.
July 28, 1894: The Coney Island Clipper reports The Brothers Houdini will now become The Houdinis.
July 29, 1916: Newspapers announce Houdini plans to fight a live shark. [story]
July 30, 1924: Houdini signs his Will.
July 31, 1902: First challenge packing crate escape at the Colosseum in Essen Ruhr, Germany.
Aug. 1, 1910: Houdini buys an electric chair from Huber's Dime Museum clearance auction. [story]
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