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Events on Sunday 31 October 1926 1
1874 – 1926Harry Houdini (1874-1926)Died 31 October 1926, aged 52Harry Houdini, the escape artist and illusionist who became the most famous magician of his age, died of peritonitis in Detroit after a ruptured appendix, worsened by a punch to the stomach days earlier. He remains one of the most recognisable names in the history of stage magic.