THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
May 23, 1903: Performs for Grand Duke Sergei Alexsandrovich at the Palace Kleinmichel in Moscow.
May 24, 1896: Joins the Marco Co. in Boston, MA. [more]
May 25, 1985: Houdini Plaza dedicated in Appleton, WI. [more]
May 26, 1907: “Bahl Yahn the Strong Man” first published in the New York Sunday World. [read]
May 27, 1863: Mayer Samuel Weisz marries Cecelia Steiner.
May 28, 1909: Challenged by four petty Navy officers to escape a padded cell suit doused in water in Portsmouth.
May 29, 1945: Hardeen names Douglas Geoffrey as his successor, Hardeen Jr. [more]
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