https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si Made with a curious mind en-us 2016-12-21 17:15:16 UTC 2017-01-17 17:19:42 UTC hello@padlet.com mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617037 2016-12-21 17:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617037 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617071 2016-12-21 17:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617071 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617111 2016-12-21 17:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617111 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617253 Ehrich Weiss was born on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary]]> 2016-12-21 17:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617253 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617363 Ehrich Weiss got his stage name by adding an 'I' to the end of his favorite french magician's last name, Houdin, which then becameHoudini Then, he Americanized his nickname "Ehrie" to become Harry]]> 2016-12-21 17:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617363 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617547 Ehrich Weiss ran away from home at the age of 12, hoping to be able to support his family. ]]> 2016-12-21 17:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144617547 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144703061 Ehrich Weiss, now by the name of Harry Houdini  first started performing in 1891, with his friend Jake Hyman.]]> 2016-12-22 17:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144703061 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144703376 Ehrich Weiss first became interested in magic at the age of 17. He became interested in magic after he read the book The Secrets of Prestidigitation and Magic by the famous french magician, Jean Eugene
 Robert-Houdin, who became his hero]]> 2016-12-22 17:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144703376 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144703613 When Ehrich ran away, instead of going to Texas like he had planned, he ended up on the wrong train and went to Kansas instead.]]> 2016-12-22 17:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144703613 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144704361 Ehrich was the third child of Rabbi Weiss and his second wife, Cecilia Steiner.]]> 2016-12-22 17:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144704361 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144704633 Harry made up the story that he had been born in America on April 6, 1874]]> 2016-12-22 17:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144704633 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144749616 Harry started off at the lowest point of show business, performing in something called a dime museum. ]]> 2016-12-23 17:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144749616 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144749666 Harry married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner (Bess) on June 22, 1894.]]> 2016-12-23 17:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144749666 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144749808 Harry married Bess three weeks after they met]]> 2016-12-23 17:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144749808 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144749908 Harry met his future wife in the spring of 1894 while performing at New York's Coney Island]]> 2016-12-23 17:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144749908 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144750044 Bess's mother refused to accept Harry until 12 years after they were married.]]> 2016-12-23 17:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144750044 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144750136 Bess's mother refused to accept Harry because of his Jewish background.]]> 2016-12-23 17:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144750136 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144750278 The most complicated handcuffs that Harry escaped from were handcuffs that took a British mechanic five years to make.]]> 2016-12-23 17:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/144750278 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145120996 When Harry Houdini was working in the dime museum, he learned how to untie knots with his toes from an arm less man who played the violin with his feet.]]> 2017-01-03 17:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145120996 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145122751 When Harry was working at the dime museum, he also learned to swallow an ivory ball from a Japanese magician.]]> 2017-01-03 17:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145122751 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145124029 Using what he had learned from the Japanese magician, Harry could swallow needles, and then a knotted string. Then, after the top of the string was visible, he would pull the string out, and on it would be the needles that he swallowed, each of them separated with tiny, neat knots.]]> 2017-01-03 17:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145124029 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145125945 Harry thought that if his career as a magician did not work out, he would pursue the career of a locksmith. ]]> 2017-01-03 17:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145125945 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145126704 Harry never found a lock, it could be a padlock, a handcuff lock, or a lock on a door that he could not open.]]> 2017-01-03 17:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145126704 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145185307 Houdini's first escape trick was called metamporphisis]]> 2017-01-03 23:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145185307 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190351 Harry read the book The Secrets of Prestidigitation and magic, which caused him to pursue a career in magic.]]> 2017-01-04 02:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190351 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190446 Harry Houdini chose to read the book Secrets for Prestidigitation and Magic by Robert Houdin. ]]> 2017-01-04 02:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190446 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190546 Harry Houdini chose to marry Bess.]]> 2017-01-04 02:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190546 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190572 Harry was fascinated by locks, which caused him to create the escape acts he later performed in his career.]]> 2017-01-04 02:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190572 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190648 Harry met Martin Beck, which caused him to become one of the best acts of vaudeville.]]> 2017-01-04 02:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190648 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190690 Harry decided to become friends with Jake Hyman, who later became his first magic partner.]]> 2017-01-04 02:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190690 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190715 Harry became friends with Jake Hyman, who first started Harry's interest for magic.]]> 2017-01-04 02:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190715 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190811 When Harry's father abandoned his family, Harry became more hardworking and supportive for his family's sake.]]> 2017-01-04 02:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190811 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190844 When Harry was a child, he chose to run away at the age of twelve to support his family.]]> 2017-01-04 02:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190844 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190872 Since Harry was an immigrant child, he chose to make up the story that he was born in America on April 6,1874 ]]> 2017-01-04 02:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190872 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190966 Harry was getting tired of Martin Beck's management, so he decided to go to England and see another manager, but ended up having the manager's assistant become his manager. ]]> 2017-01-04 02:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145190966 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145191093 Since Harry got a new manager who booked him better performances that Martin Beck did, Harry did not return to America for all the reservations that Martin Beck had booked for him.]]> 2017-01-04 02:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145191093 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145191258 After Harry became interested in magic, he decided to pursue a career in magic.]]> 2017-01-04 02:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145191258 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145191332 Harry chose to keep on pursuing a career in magic, even when he started out at the show businesses lowest level.]]> 2017-01-04 02:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145191332 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145191456 Harry chose to keep trying to form a close relationship with Bess's mother, even though she did not accept him until he and Bess were married for twelve years.]]> 2017-01-04 02:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/145191456 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/147609155 On March 18,1910,
Houdini became the first person to fly in Australia

]]> 2017-01-17 17:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/147609155 mnitta231_1 https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/147609800 In 1908, Harry introduced the milk can escape to the public.]]> 2017-01-17 17:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mnitta231_1/e4udsq9915si/wish/147609800