LAST WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
Feb. 14, 1907: Challenged by the Derby Desk Company to escape from a locked roll top desk. Free in 40 minutes.
Feb. 15, 1934: Harry Houdini Hinson is killed in a sledding accident in New York. [story]
Feb. 16, 1916: Suspended straitjacket from The Commercial Appeal building in Memphis. [story]
Feb. 17, 1910: Jumps handcuffed from the Queen's Bridge into the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia. [story]
Feb. 18, 1943: Bess Houdini is buried in Gate of Heaven cemetery in Hawthorn, NY.
Feb. 19, 1921: The Houdini Picture Corporation in established. [more]
Feb. 20, 1925: Performs for the Roosevelt grandchildren at home of Mrs. H.A. Alexander in New York. [story]
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