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Magicpedia:Selected anniversaries/April
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MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_1
- 1925 - Marvyn Roy was born.
- 1978 - The American Museum of Magic opened to the public.
- 2006 - The 38th Annual Academy of Magical Arts (AMA) Awards Show and Banquet was held. Criss Angel was named 2005 Magician of the Year.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_2
- 1871 - Chung Ling Soo was born.
- 1929 - Ricki Dunn was born.
- 1932 - Dominique was born.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_3
- 1718 - Jacques Ozanam, author of Récréations mathématiques et physiques, died.
- 1939 - Phil Temple was born.
- 2001 - David Copperfield's "Tornado Of Fire" special aired.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_4
- 1874 - Al Baker was born.
- 1895 - Roody was born.
- 1959 - Emil Jarrow died.
- 1973 - David Blaine born in Brooklyn, New York.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_5
- 1867 - August Roterberg was born.
- 1870 - Brindamour was born.
- 1980 - Stephen Minch received a letter from Max Maven. See Genii 1997 March.
- 1999 - David Blaine began his “Premature Burial” stunt in which he was buried inside a glass coffin for seven days.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_6
- 1938 - Paul Daniels was born.
- 1950 - Stan Allen was born.
- 1977 - Dariel Fitzkee died.
- 1997 - Arturo De Ascanio died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_7
- 1891 - P. T. Barnum died.
- 1927 - Bill Simon was born.
- 2001 - James Randi states the nonbeliever side of the "Crossing Over Or Crossing The Line?" feature in this weeks issue of TV Guide.
- 2023 - Harry Lorayne died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_8
- 1983 - Herrmann ends a week run at the National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
- 1896 - Senor Maldo was born Abel Maldonado in Texas.
- 1905 - Felix Korim was born in Illion, New York.
- 1905 - Augustus Karlemann makes his first appearance on stage at the Empire Hall, Canarsie in New York City.
- 2002 - Gene Finnell died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_9
- 1894 - Raymondo, an early member of the SAM Parent Assembly, is born in Belgrade, Serbia.
- 1903 - Carleton is born in Des Moines, Iowa
- 1918 - Carter opened on Broadway to mixed reviews.
- 1921 - Rogello is born Roger Rouet in France.
- 1931 - Milt Larsen was born in Los Angeles, California.
- 1974 - Ronald Haines died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_10
- 1894 - Harry Houdini and Jacob Hyman (known as J. H. Houdini at that time) dissolved this partnership. Houdini's real brother, who later became famous as Hardeen, replaced Hyman in the act.
- 1934 - Barrie Richardson was born.
- 1936 - Charles Morritt dies.
- 1974 - Penn and Teller first meet.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_11
- 1880 - Oswald Williams was born.
- 1894 - Emil Kio was born.
- 1911 - Leon Giglio, who later changed his name to Leon Mandrake born
- 1929 - Mark Wilson born.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_12
- 1895 - Jack Gwynne was born.
- 1922 - Billy McComb was born in Belfast.
- 1999 - David Blaine emerged from an underground plastic coffin he had been entombed in for seven days.
- 2004 - Al's Magic Shop officially closed its doors in Washington, DC.
- 2022 - David Goodsell died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_13
- 1907 - Irving Desfor, famous for his photographs of magicians which appeared in major magic journals for over fifty years, born in New York City.
- 1932 - Richard Barrs wins a competition held at Maskelyne's Theatre St. George’s Hall which leads the twelve year old to a professional engagement at that theater.
- 1932 - The Los Angeles Society of Magicians honored Howard Thurston with a banquet at the club rooms of the California Artist Protective Association, then located at Eighth and Broadway.
- 1936 - Howard Thurston dies from a stroke. He is entombed at Green Lawn Abbey, a mausoleum in Columbus, Ohio.
- 1965 - Harry Blackstone Jr. appears on the Mike Douglas Show.
- 1966 - Andy Nyman was born.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_14
- 1885 - Carl Rosini was born.
- 1911 - Sam Schwartz is born.
- 1913 - Bernard Marius Cazeneuve dies.
- 1932 - Roy Johnson is born.
- 1933 - Ton Onosaka was born.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_15
- 1746 - Henri Decremps was born.
- 1913 - Lewis Ganson was born.
- 1957 - Peter Duffie born.
- 1983 - Magic Collectors' Weekend honoring Ken Klosterman & Irving Desfor
- 1984 - Tommy Cooper died.
- 1999 - Don Alan died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_16
- 1923 - Walter B. Graham born.
- 1995 - Amateur magician, screenwriter and film director Cy Endfield died.
- 2003 - Stuart Cramer died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_17
- 1865 - Colonel Stodare plays the Egyptian Hall under this new stage name.
- 1887 - John McArdle was born.
- 1963 - Tom Osborne died.
- 1964 - Edward Victor died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_18
- 1864 - Ludwig Leopold Doebler died.
- 1900 - Franz Polgar was born.
- 1957 - Expert coin magician, Geoff Latta was born.
- 1966 - Don Alan appeared at the Mike Douglas Show.
- 2011 - Tabman died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_19
- 1864 - Dr. Samuel Hooker born.
- 1885 - Professor Louis Haselmayer died.
- 1944 - Joseph Dunninger reads the minds of his audience and guest stars during wartime radio.
- 1954 - Milbourne Christopher presented his full evening show on Broadway.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_20
- 1893 - Harold Lloyd was born.
- 1910 - Tommy Martin was born Thomas Bradley Martin in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 1913 - In the New York Herald appeared an article covered the Saram Ellison collection.
- 1979 - Keith Clark dies.
- 2001 - Ted Lesley receives a Creative Fellowship Award from the Academy of Magical Arts.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_21
- 1968 - Pavel appeared at Ed Sullivan Show.
- 2010 - The 40th Annual FFFF Convention was held.
- 2019 - John Cornelius died.
- 2020 - Norm Nielsen passed away.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_22
- 1930 - Dr. A.M. Wilson, editor of The Sphinx during almost three decades, died.
- 1948 - John Cornelius was born.
- 1964 - Rudy Coby was born.
- 1999 - Chan Canasta died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_23
- 1907 - Clarke Crandall was born.
- 1913 - Paul Valadon died.
- 1963 - Will De Seive died.
- 1988 - Bob Carver, who popularized the Professor's Nightmare effect, died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_24
- 1905 - Sid Lorraine was born Sidney Richard Johnson in England.
- 1914 - Moi-Yo Miller was born.
- 1944 - Charles T. Jordan died.
- 2006 - Actor Jason Alexander, who will receive Parlor Magician of the year, performed his act at the Magic Castle.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_25
- 1907 - Will Rock was born William George Rakauskas in Lithuania.
- 1933 - Lubor Fiedler was born.
- 1957 - E.J. Moore, creator of Linking Ropes, died.
- 1966 - Channing Pollock appeared at Mike Douglas Show.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_26
- 1853 - Charles Bertram was born James Bassett in Woolwich, England.
- 1936 - Joe Stevens, co-founder of Stevens Magic Emporium, was born.
- 1949 - Diana Zimmerman was born.
- 1957 - The Medal of Honor was presented to Jay Palmer & Doreen by Mme Thomas, Directoress of the Musée Grévin in Paris (France).
- 1971 - Mark Wilson appeared at Mike Douglas Show.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_27
- 1874 - Dr. James William Elliott was born.
- 1926 - Micky Hades was born.
- 1953 - Jean-Jacques Sanvert was born.
- 2008 - VH1 reality series CelebraCadabra premiers
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_28
- 1892 - Joseph Dunninger's birthday.
- 1940 - Jerry Mentzer, founder of Magic Methods is born.
- 1943 - Gérard Faier, known as Gerard Majax is born.
- 1945 - Jean Hugard Testimonial.
- 1962 - Kevin James, creator of the Floating Rose, is born.
- 1966 - David Oliver, columnist for Genii since 2001, is born.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_29
- 1934 - Bob Fitch was born.
- 1981 - Winston Freer died.
- 1987 - Gerald Kosky died.
MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/April_30
- 1960 - The annual banquet of the Magician's Guild of America takes place at The Lambs Club in New York City.
- 2006 - Billy McComb passed away
- 2022 - Shimada died.