THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
Jan. 17, 1897: Exposes Hatfield Pettibone and the methods of fraudulent mediums in St. Joseph, MO. First public exposures. [story]
Jan. 18, 1916: Suspended straitjacket escape from Dallas News building at Commerce & Lamar St. in Dallas.
Jan. 19, 1921: Addresses the Odd Volumes Club in Boston.
Jan. 20, 1925: Challenged by Gimbels to escape a package case in. New York.
Jan. 21, 1917: Hardeen announces retirement from stage. [story]
Jan. 22, 1882: Carrie Gladys Weiss is born in Appleton, WI.
Jan. 23, 1876: Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner is born in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY. [more]
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