THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
Aug. 22, 1918: New Hippodrome revue show Everything opens with Houdini.
Aug. 23, 2014: Double Fold chest sells for $55,000 at auction. [story]
Aug. 24, 1917: Performs at benefit for sailors at Whitestone, Long Island naval base.
Aug. 25, 1919: The Grim Game opens at B.S. Moss' Broadway Theater in New York. [story]
Aug. 26, 1909: Jumps manacled from the roof of a houseboat off the Western Espanade in Southampton.
Aug. 27, 1924: Fifth and final séance with Margery at the Charlesgate hotel in Boston.
Aug. 28, 1920: Suspended straitjacket at Police Field Day Games at Gravesend Racetrack in Brooklyn, NY. [film]
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