THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
May 24, 1896: The Houdinis join the ill-fated Marco Co. in Boston. [related]
May 25, 1985: Houdini Plaza is dedicated in Appleton, Wisconsin.
May 26, 1907: “Bahl Yahn the Strong Man” first published in the New York Sunday World. [read]
May 27, 1863: Mayer Samuel Weisz and Cecelia Steiner are married in Buda, Hungary.
May 28, 1920: Challenged to escape from an "obsolete punishment suit” by ex-constables of the Bristol Police Dept.
May 29, 1945: Hardeen names his assistant Douglas Geoffrey as his successor, “Hardeen Jr.” [story]
May 30, 1900: The Houdinis sail for England aboard the S.S. Kensington.
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