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Founded on May 10, 1902, in the back room of Martinka's magic shop in New York, the Society expanded under the leadership of Harry Houdini during his term as national president from 1917 to 1926. Houdini was magic's greatest visionary: He sought to create a large, unified national network of professional and amateur magicians.
In the early years of his career, Zamloch toured mining towns and other locales in the western United States.. The first press report found on Zamloch was a review in the Morning Oregonian on November 11, 1874, reporting that “Prof. Zamloch, the clever magician, made his professional appearance for the first time in Portland, and gave a number of good tricks.” [5] In October 1879, the ...
Copperfield received the Chevalier of Arts and Letters, the first one ever awarded to a magician. [146] Copperfield was named "Magician of the Year" in 1979 and 1986 by the Academy of Magical Arts. [147] Forbes ' s "The Celebrity 100" for 2009 ranks Copperfield as the 80th most powerful celebrity, with earnings of $30 million. [135]
This is a list of magicians/illusionists, prestidigitators, mentalists, escapologists, and other practitioners of stage magic. For the list of supernatural magicians, see List of occultists. Magicians are listed by the most common name used in performance. Magicians' actual names, when applicable, follow in parentheses.
Harry Bouton Blackstone (born Henry Boughton; September 27, 1885 – November 16, 1965) was a famed stage magician and illusionist of the 20th century. Blackstone was born Harry Bouton [1] in Chicago, Illinois. [2]
Howard Thurston (July 20, 1869 – April 13, 1936) was a stage magician from Columbus, Ohio, United States.As a child, he ran away to join the circus, where his future partner Harry Kellar also performed.
This is a list of all Magic: The Gathering players who have acquired 100 or more pro points over the course of their career. After a player has won 100 pro points, he or she is allowed to vote for the Hall of Fame. Until 2013 that player would also be available to be voted into the Hall of Fame, but beginning with the 2014 voting this threshold ...
David Blaine (born David Blaine White; April 4, 1973) [2] [3] is an American magician, mentalist, and endurance performer. [4] [5] Born in New York City, Blaine became interested in magic at a very young age. He gained prominence in 1997, when his first television special, David Blaine: Street Magic, aired on ABC. That year, he also appeared in ...