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Birth
Born in Budapest, Hungary. (pg 1) -
First Trick
Learned his first trick at 15, how to make a coin vanish. (pg 4) -
Father's death
His father Mayer Weiss didn't appreciate the career and died never seeing a show.(pg7) -
Metamorphisis
Metamorphosis. He has used the trick for years at this point but at the Colombian exposition, it's the trick that started his escape artist career. (pg10) -
Needle Trick
At the Colombian Exposition, he also learned how to "swallow" a mouthful of needles and string, and pulled them all out threaded on the string. (pg 9) -
First house bought
Buys his first house in Harlem with his wife Bess. With a total of 26 rooms, 12 bathrooms, and multiple bath and fire places. (pg 69) -
Finding a body
Houdini jumped into the Woolloomoolo Bay to do a weighted dive and when the weight hits the bottom it dislodges a corpse in the bottom of the river. (pg 99-100) -
Flying a plane
Houdini The first person to fly a plane over Australia. (pg100) -
Mother dies
His mothers death was the biggest turmoil of his life. He promised his dad to take care of her, and he did but he was so focused on that promise he almost felt purposeless after. (pg 113) -
Death
He dies and his wife Bess sings the song she performed when she met him the first time.
