THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
June 7, 1911: Challenged by Coppers to escape from a Rum Punch Hickory Barrel in Shepherd's Bush.
June 8, 1914: Presents his Grand Magical Revue at the Empire Theater in Nottingham. [more]
June 9, 1913: Buys De Kolta's Expanding Die from Leah Goldston.
June 10, 1908: Jumps manacled from the Portland Bridge in Portland, Maine.
June 11, 1923: Suspended straitjacket escape at Silver Jubilee Exposition in New York City.
June 12, 1945: Theo Hardeen dies at Doctor's Hospital in Brooklyn at age 69. [more]
June 13, 1908: Variety reports that "Mrs. Harry Houdini has retired from the stage." [story]
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