Remembering Harry Houdini

After being punched in the abdomen a week earlier, Harry Houdini dies on Sunday, October 31, 1926 at 1:26 PM.

For the great showman, Halloween seemed a fitting day to die and this date is now remembered as "National Magic Day." Despite almost eighty years since his death, Houdini is undoubtedly magic’s best-known entertainer of all time. And perhaps the best known entertainer of all time.

More Reading:
Profile: Harry Houdini
"Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini"