Born on this day in 1874, Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer noted for his escape acts. Did you know that: • Galen Clark, an American naturalist who discovered the Mariposa Grove, was born on this day in 1814• German scientist Robert Koch discovered and described the tubercle bacillus which […]
Yellowstone became the world’s first national park on this day in 1872. Did you know that: • E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York, began production of the first practical typewriter on this day in 1873• Albert Berry performed the first (attached-type) parachute jump from an aeroplane on this day in 1912• Magician and […]
Mother Teresa was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary born on this day in 1910. Did you know that: • Charles Thurber patented a typewriter on this day in 1843• Harry Houdini escaped from chains underwater at the Aquatic Park in fifty-seven seconds on this day in 1907• Dylan O’Brien is an American actor […]
Harry Houdini stayed in a coffin underwater for an hour and thirty minutes before escaping on this day in 1926. Did you know that: • The spectrum of a comet was observed for the first time by Giovanni Donati on this day in 1864• The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe’s […]
David Franco is an American actor, voice actor, and director born on this day in 1985. Did you know that: • Oliver Joseph Lodge, an English radio pioneer who invented spark plugs was born on this day in 1851• Harry Houdini freed himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet above ground […]
