By: Andrew Schutsky

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Harry Houdini

• By Andrew Schutsky

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1874

• Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born on March 24. He
  was born in Budapest, Hungary.

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1878

• Weiss family moves to Appleton, Wisconsin. Where
  he joins a Jewish community.

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1891

• Ehrich teams up with Jacob Hyman, a friend from
  his job at a neckwear cutting firm, in a magic
  act they call "The Brothers Houdini."

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1918

• In the longest run of his career -- lasting
  nineteen weeks -- Houdini stars in the patriotic
  extravaganza "Cheer Up" at the New York
  Hippodrome. The highlights of his act are the
  vanishing elephant trick and an indoor version of
  his underwater box escape.

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1920

• Houdini forms his own production company, the
  Houdini Picture Corporation. Houdini starts
  writing "The Man from Beyond," which would
  premiere in 1922.

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1893

• Jacob Hyman leaves The Brothers Houdini and is
  replaced quickly by Harry's brother
  Theodore(Dash). That summer, Harry meets another
  performer Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner, and after a
  three-week long show tour, Harry and
  eighteen-year-old "Bess" are married. Bess
  replaces Dash, and the act becomes known as "The
  Houdinis."

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1925

• Running two and a half hours, "HOUDINI" is easily
  the longest show he has ever done. The second and
  third acts, showing some of his most famous
  escapes.But the hour-long first act, showing
  fifteen tricks and illusions, is a real show for
  him.

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1926 DEATH

• Houdini dies in Detroit on Halloween, from
  Being punched in the stomach several days
  earlier.he had been punched in the stomach by a
  student in his dressing room, then refused to
  cancel his shows until it was too late.

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The End

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