Harry Houdini Weds
Legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner on June 22, 1894. When they met, he was a virtually unknown magician and she was performing as one of the Floral Sisters at the Sea Beach Palace, West Brighton Beach, New York. They were married for over thirty years.
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