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Harry Houdini: Magicians
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Harry Houdini (1874-1926) was the best-known magician of the 20th century. He was famous, said Encyclopaedia Britannica, for his "daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, and handcuffs and from various locked containers. . . . In a typical act he was shackled with irons and placed in a box that was locked, roped, and weighted. The box was submerged from a boat, to which he returned after freeing himself underwater."
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Harry Houdini was a famous magician on Earth. He met the third Doctor and tought him how to contract the muscles, which helped the Doctor escape from the eight legs on Metebelis III.
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Harry Houdini died of peritonitis (stomach disease) on October 31,1926 in Detroit, Michigan. Every year since then, fans of the great escape artist and magician gather on Halloween to bring flowers and try to contact his spirit.This shows how much Harry meant to people and how he will be remembered for ever and ever.
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The world's most famous magician, Harry Houdini was born as Ehrich Weisz in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874. His father, Mayer Samuel Weisz, was a religious scholar and teacher, who moved his family to Appleton, Wisconsin when Houdini was two years old. Times were difficult for the Weisz family, and they were required to move many times to avoid the bill collectors. Because of the family's financial situation, all of the children began to work at an early age.
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When Harry was an adult, he changed his name from Erich Weiss to Harry Houdini after Jean Houdin. A few years later, Harry became a magician. He appeared in a few movies and wrote books about his life. Harry made headlines and was very popular in the U.S.A and ... in Europe. Harry traveled around the world performing and was loved by millions.
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On October 22, 1926, Houdini was in Montreal performing at the Princess Theater. Houdini ... gave a lecture exposing spiritualism at McGill University. In his dressing room at the theater, while lying on a couch backstage, an young athlete from McGill University, asked if Houdini could actually withstand punches to the stomach as he had heard. Before Houdini could prepare himself by tightening his stomach muscles, the student began to punch the legendary magician in the mid section. Houdini did not know it, but his appendix was ruptured. Houdini did several more shows in Montreal and then headed for Detroit.
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