THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
May 16, 1919: LA Times announce Houdini will be handcuffed and buried alive at De Mille Field. [story]
May 17, 1909: Les merveilleux exploits de Houdini à Paris is released by Film Lux.
May 18, 1953: Nationwide exhibitor trade show screenings of Houdini starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.
May 19, 1911: Double packing box challenge escape at the Finsbury Park Empire Theatre.
May 20, 1926: Testifies before the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. [more]
May 21, 1913: Sails for New York aboard the North German-Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhelm. [pic]
May 22, 1907: Jumps manacled from the Seventh St. bridge in Pittsburgh.
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