Who is Who? harry houdini, Google's today doodle

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 | Tags: birthday of harry houdini, harry houdini, harry houdini birthday, harry houdini is who, who is harry houdini

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Harry Houdin, The Escapist

Google celebrated Harry Houdini's 137th birthday on Thursday with a new doodle on their homepage as given in the left side of this post.Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer Harry Houdini was noted for his sensational escape acts,

Harry Houdini began his professional career at age 17 doing magic shows before civic groups, in music halls, at sideshows, and at New York, in recent news Dorothy Young, the last surviving stage assistant of illusionist Harry Houdini and an accomplished dancer, has died. She was 103.

Watch the houdini rope escape here below,