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Featured article Oudini Oudini (1885-?) was the stage name of Francis "Frank" Joseph Rowan, an escape artist and obvious Houdini imitator based on the name, during the early 1900s in the Boston area. Biography Oudini wrote a book called The Great Mysteries in 1909 in which he exposed his escapes and included many photos and press clippings of his performances. On the reverse side of the title page with the copyright date are the names "by Frank J. Rowan and E. T. Stewart". Some thought that Robert Doidge might have been "Oudini" because he had at one time so many copies available to sell. John Henry Grossman wrote in his MUM "Ask the Doctor" column that Walter B. Gibson informed him that Doidge told him that it was Frank J. Rowan, who lived near Haverhill, Massachusetts (where many of the press clippings from the book came from). Read more about Oudini … Did you know... From MagicPedia's random pages: Levante … Levante inspired Gerald Taylor to become a magician? … J.C. Wagner was co-owner of The Magic Lounge in San Diego? … Bill Bowman served as the first president of The Seattle Ring, Number 59 of the International Brotherhood of Magicians? … Joseph Michael Hartz opened up a magic store called "Magical Repository" with his brother Augustus? … CoinMagic contains the first substantial work of David Roth and was one of the first major books on coin magic to be released after J.B. Bobo's Modern Coin Magic? See also Recent changes. Featured Tip Use the Discussion tab at the top of an article to add comments or make a suggestion. Send News Items and Upcoming Events here. If the front page content is out of date purge the cache Subscribe to MagicPedia updates MagicPedia RSS feed for new articles MagicPedia RSS feed for latest changes Follow @MagicPedia on Twitter Collaboration requests Help MagicPedia by: Selecting a Random page and reviewing it. Making an article from the Wanted Page list. Adding public domain pictures to articles. All you need to do is join (free) and click "Edit"

On this day May 19... Richard Ross 1906 - Lloyd W. Chambers was born. 1953 - J. W. Warrender, The Gay Deceiver, passes away. 1980 - Broadway show, Blackstone! The Magnificent Musical Magic Show opened. It ran at the Majestic Theatre (1655 seats) in New York City through August 17 with 104 performances, starring Harry Blackstone Jr.. 1992 - David Copperfield was at Tucson, Arizona. 1995 - Max Maven begins its second season for HTV in England. 2001 - Richard Ross died. Search for all articles with the date: May 19 In the news Magic Castle Lost in the Shuffle attempts to solve a murder. Magic Secrets on the moon. Good review for the floating castle. Recent deaths: |David Berglas| |Tom Craven| |Leo Behnke| |Micky Hades| Featured Video Richard Himber(1900-1966) Upcoming Events 2024 FISM European Championship May 23 - 26 Jeff McBride's Festival of Magic May 31 - June 2 Friends of MagicPedia Sites which have been useful to MagicPedia or are linking to MagicPedia articles: Conjuring Arts Research Center Wild About Houdini blog Magicana Magic Detective Blog Gordon Meyer's Chicago Magic Studio Denis Behr's Conjuring Archive Genii Magazine forum Find a Grave Canada's Magic Blog Conjuring Credits Abracadabra project on Geni.com The German language MagicPedia, Zauber-Pedia Potter and Potter Auctions Quicker Than The Eye

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