THIS WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
July 11, 2008: 'Death Defying Acts' released in New York and Los Angeles. [more]
July 12, 1920: Houdini returns from England and is held at Ellis Island because of typhoid scare.
July 13, 1914: Houdini debuts Walking Through A Brick Wall at Hammerstein's in New York City.
July 14, 1902: Houdini begins third week at Colosseum in Essen Ruhr, Germany.
July 15, 1914: Overboard Box escape off Battery Park in New York City. [story]
July 16, 1918: Houdini purchases his "eagle" from George H. Holden for $200. [more]
July 17, 1913: Houdini's mother Cecelia Steiner Weiss dies at age 74. [more]
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