THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
Aug. 15, 1924: Performs at circus big top benefit in Southport, CT.
Aug. 16, 1904: Buys family plot at Machpelah Cemetery in Queens. [more]
Aug. 17, 1915: Overboard Box escape at Ward's Baths in Coney Island. [story]
Aug. 18, 1919: Screening of The Grim Game at the Famous Players-Lasky offices in New York.
Aug. 19, 1895: Welsh Bros. Circus opens in Altoona, PA. [more]
Aug. 20, 1922: Gives first spiritualism lecture at the Rialto Theater in Washington, D.C. [story]
Aug. 21, 1912: Performs at a private garden party at the Belmonts estate in Newport, R.I. [story]
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