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* 1911 - [[John Calvert]] was born.
* 1911 - [[John Calvert]] was born.
* 1926 - [[Harry Houdini]] performed his last and greatest feat by emerging from a coffin submerged in a water tank after spending 91 minutes inside.
* 1926 - [[Harry Houdini]] performed his last and greatest feat by emerging from a coffin submerged in a water tank after spending 91 minutes inside.
* 1972 - [[Silent Mora]], who made most of his own apparatus, died.

Revision as of 07:30, 8 August 2017

  • 1862 - W.D. Le Roy was born in LaSalle, Illinois.
  • 1911 - John Calvert was born.
  • 1926 - Harry Houdini performed his last and greatest feat by emerging from a coffin submerged in a water tank after spending 91 minutes inside.
  • 1972 - Silent Mora, who made most of his own apparatus, died.