By: Andrew Schutsky

1874 Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born on March 24. He was born in Budapest, Hungary.

1878 Weiss family moves to Appleton, Wisconsin. Where he joins a Jewish community.

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."

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.

1920 Houdini forms his own production company, the Houdini Picture Corporation. Houdini starts writing "The Man from Beyond," which would premiere in 1922.

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 Houdini’s."

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.

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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