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An American magician, who became world famous for his performances of feats of magic, was born on 24th March 1874, in Budapest, Hungary. As a young child, his parents brought him to the U.S. He took his professional surname from that of, Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, a French magician. In 1882, as a trapeze performer, he began his career. One of his most spectacular feats was to allow himself to be hung head down, in a straitjacket, high over a crowd on Broadway; he then freed himself from the straitjacket in a matter of seconds. After he died, Houdini left his library of magic, one of the most valuable in the world, to the Library of Congress. Among his own writings are The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin, Handcuff Secrets, Miracle Mongers and and A Magician Among the Spirits. In 1954, a selection of his writings, Houdini on Magic, appeared posthumously.
He died on October 31, 1926, Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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