Harry Houdini Timeline of Events

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Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer noted for his sensational escape acts...

Timeline of Events

1926

8.6.1926

Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.

10.22.1926

J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal.

10.24.1926

Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.

10.31.1926

Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured.