2000 Death Doug Henning, magician, dies at 52 1997 Death Harry Blackstone, Jr., magician, dies of cancer at 62 1997 Death "Harry Blackstone, Jr.", magician, dies at 62 1958 Death Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies 1956 Birthday David Copperfield, born in Metuchen, New Jersey, illusionist, history's most successful commercial magician, sold over 40 million tickets, grossed over $1 billion 1955 Event Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician 1955 Birthday Penn Jillette, born in Massachusetts, magician, Penn and Teller-Penn and Teller are Dead 1951 Birthday Todd Crespi, Frankfurt Germany, actor, Magician 1947 Birthday Doug Henning, Ft. Garry Manitoba, magician, Broadway play-Magic 1938 Birthday Paul Daniels, British magician 1934 Birthday Harry Blackstone, Jr., magician, Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion 1928 Birthday Amazing [James] Randi, born in Toronto, Ontario, skeptic magician, Nova 1927 Birthday Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department 1926 Death Harry Houdini, Erich Weisz, U.S. magician, dies in Detroit 1923 Birthday Keene Curtis, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Magician, Amanda's 1874 Birthday Harry Houdini, Budapest, magician/escape artist 1861 Birthday Georges Melies, Paris, magician; 1st to film a fictional story 1816 Birthday Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician
