https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa Made with an open mind en-us 2016-12-21 17:16:32 UTC 2017-01-05 17:55:52 UTC hello@padlet.com gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144615325 Harry Houdini was born in Budapest, Hungry, on March 24, 1874. 


]]> 2016-12-21 17:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144615325 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144615444 2016-12-21 17:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144615444 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144615628 In 1899, Harry impressed a man by quickly escaping the hand cuffs that he was challenged with. That man was Martin Beck, a star maker. He soon became Harry's manager and made him a star!]]> 2016-12-21 17:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144615628 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144701886 He was the fourth child of Rabbi Weiss and Cecilia Steiner.
He had four brothers and one sister!]]> 2016-12-22 17:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144701886 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144702042 His friend, Jake Hyman, told him that if you add an "I" to "Houdin" it means "like Houdin".]]> 2016-12-22 17:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144702042 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144703080 Houdini's first trick was the "vanishing and reappearing coin."]]> 2016-12-22 17:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144703080 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144703405 Harry and his brother, Dash, kept only two dollars each to spend for the week, and sent the rest to their mother.]]> 2016-12-22 17:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144703405 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144704252 Harry's father died in 1892, leaving his mom and six children.]]> 2016-12-22 17:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144704252 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144704513 Theo, also known as Dash, joined Harry in 1894 when Jake left.]]> 2016-12-22 17:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144704513 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144704816 1892 is when Harry started his career as a magician]]> 2016-12-22 17:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144704816 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144749683 when Harry was a teenager, he worked as a messenger boy and in a tool and die shop .]]> 2016-12-23 17:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144749683 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144749890 In December, when Harry was a teenager and worked as a messenger boy, he made a sign that said "Christmas is coming, turkeys are fat, please drop a quarter in the messenger boy's hat." when he got home, he said to his mom, " shake me, i'm magic" and coins fell to the ground.]]> 2016-12-23 17:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/144749890 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145121404 Harry Houdini's real name is Ehrich Weiss.]]> 2017-01-03 17:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145121404 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145122172 Harry didn't have time for school, but he found time for sports. Some of these sports included swimming, and boxing.]]> 2017-01-03 17:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145122172 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145123867 Harry vowed never to smoke or drink alcohol when he was just a teenager.]]> 2017-01-03 17:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145123867 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145124686 when Harry was 17, he read a book called "The Secret of Prestidigitation and of Magic."]]> 2017-01-03 17:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145124686 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145126013 Harry met Bess in 1894, when he was preforming in New York's Cony Island.]]> 2017-01-03 17:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145126013 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145127420 Before Bess married Harry, she was in a song and dance group called " The Floral Sisters.]]> 2017-01-03 17:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145127420 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145127922 Bess and Harry married three weeks after they met.]]> 2017-01-03 17:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145127922 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145128258 Harry did about 14 shows a day.]]> 2017-01-03 17:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145128258 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145128622 Harry only failed to get out of a pair of hand cuffs once. but that was because someone jammed the lock.]]> 2017-01-03 17:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145128622 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145129649 when Harry was a child, his family moved 3 times.  ]]> 2017-01-03 17:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145129649 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145553234 When Harry was 11, his brother, Herman died at the age of 22. That was Harry's first experience with death.]]> 2017-01-05 17:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145553234 gbright23 https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145555772 2017-01-05 17:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gbright23/ypghwpku8ofa/wish/145555772