THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
Jan. 3, 1924: Entertains children at home of Sophie Irene Loeb “American’s greatest welfare worker” in New York.
Jan. 4, 1907: Challenged by the University of Pennsylvania football team to escape from a giant football.
Jan. 5, 1922: Suspended straitjacket escape from the Palace Theater in Times Square. [story]
Jan. 6, 1906: Jailbreak from cell on Murderers Row at the United States States Jail in Washington D.C. [story]
Jan. 7, 1918: Debuts the Vanishing Elephant at the New York Hippodrome. [story]
Jan. 8, 1929: Arthur Ford reveals full Houdini Code during seance with Bess and press at 67 Payson Ave. in New York. [more]
Jan. 9, 1898: Gives special "Spiritualistic Seance in the Open Light" in Galena, Kansas.
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