Try out some of your own magic tricks to celebrate Houdini's birthday or make a toilet paper roll craft of a magician.

In his mid-twenties, Harry's career began to take off as he focused on his now-famous escape acts - freeing himself from handcuffs, chains, ropes, mailbags, jails and even the belly of aĭead whale that had washed up onto the beach (ewww!) This is another one of the oldest tricks in magic. The trick Houdini saw as a young boy, the trick that inspired him to become a magician. This is actually one of the oldest tricks in magic. When he was 17, he began performing as a magician - mostly performing card tricks and coin tricks at small museums and fairs. He made little balls appear, reappear and vanish inside small cups.

His family moved to the United States when he was 4 years old. Harry Houdini was born on Main Budapest, Hungary. He is, arguably, one of the most famous magicians in During this event, a 27-year-old Vernon, who had heard Houdinis boisterous claim that he could figure out any magic trick or illusion if he saw it three times. The type of magic that he performed is known as 'illusions'. Harry Houdini was a magician, noted for his sensational escape acts.

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