Magicpedia:Selected anniversaries/March

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_1

David Bamberg

• 1856 - Frederick Eugene Powell was born in Chester, Pennsylvania.
• 1929 - David Bamberg debuted as "Fu Manchu" in Buenos Aires.
• 1946 - Lloyd E. Jones and Magic Limited formed the Brotherhood American Tricksters (B.A.T.) magic book club.
• 1967 - Chicago restaurant owner and magician Matt Schulien died.
• 1978 - U.F. Grant died.

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Leo Behnke

• 1901 - Tricks, a weekly Magic Periodical published in England, began appearing on newsstands.
• 1926 - Alan Wakeling was born.
• 1929 - Alex Elmsley was born in St. Andrews, Scotland.
• 1933 - Leo Behnke was born in Hollywood, California.
• 1971 - Clayton Rawson, an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician died.

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Joseffy

• 1872 - Joseph Freud, better known as Joseffy, is born.
• 1884 - Auguste Drioux, editor-publisher of Passez Muscade, is born.
• 1915 - Mahatma Magic Circle was founded by Pr. J. Meadows.
• 1946 - Swedish Magic Circle was formed in Stockholm.
• 1994 - Robert Parrish passes away.

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Emil Jarrow

• 1876 - Theodore Hardeen, Harry Houdini's brother was born.
• 1903 - John Scarne was born Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia in Steubenville, Ohio.
• 1917 - Al Koran was born.
• 1959 - Emil Jarrow died.
• 1998 - Norman Houghton, the creator of the Flustration Count, passes away.

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Suzy Wandas

• 1892 - Les Levante was born Leslie George Cole in Sydney, Australia.
• 1896 - Suzy Wandas was born.
• 1921 - Richard Buffum was born.
• 1955 - Penn Jillette was born.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_6

Richard Osterlind

• 1921 - Amateur magician and origami master, Neal Elias was born in Cleveland Ohio.
• 1925 - Harry Houdini was playing at Pittsburgh.
• 1948 - Richard Osterlind was born.
• 1970 - Talisman published by Jerry Blount started.
• 2013 - De Yip Loo passed away.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_7

Bartolomeo Bosco

• 1842 - Francis J. Martinka was born in Prague, Bohemia.
• 1857 - Julius Zancig, of the Zancigs, was born Julius Jörgensen in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 1863 - Bartolomeo Bosco, one of the greatest Italian conjurers of the 19th century, died.
• 1962 - John Lovick was born.
• 1985 - Luke Jermay was born.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_8

Ali Bongo

• 1899 - George Heubeck, one of Hofzinser's favorite pupils, dies.
• 1947 - Dean Dill was born.
• 1974 - Bert Douglas, prolific author and inventor, dies.
• 2009 - William Wallace, better known as Ali Bongo, dies.

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Johnny Thompson

• 1877 - Charles Hagen, editor of The Boy Magician and The American Magician, is born
• 1906 - Fred Braue was born.
• 1955 - Cecil Lyle died.
• 1963 - David Pogue, author of Magic for Dummies, is born.
• 1975 - Joseph Dunninger dies.
• 2009 - Johnny Ace Palmer was on an episode of the TV series Masters of Illusion
• 2019 - Johnny Thompson died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_10

Lance Burton

• 1898 - Zati Sungur was born.
• 1922 - Harry Kellar dies.
• 1922 - Francis Martineau was born in Saskatchewan, Canada.
• 1960 - Lance Burton was born.
• 2000 - Mary Maskelyne, the daughter of Nevil Maskelyne dies.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_11

Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser

• 1854 - Ching Ling Foo was born Chee Ling Qua in the village of Yang Tsnann (a suburb of Peking), China.
• 1875 - Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser died.
• 1920 - John McKinven was born.
• 1988 - Neil Foster died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_12

Samri Baldwin

• 1919 - Lee Grabel was born in Portland Oregon.
• 1924 - Samri Baldwin died.
• 1977 - the Academy of Magical Arts at The Magic Castle awarded Paul Curry a "Creative Fellowship" award.
• 1998 - Karrell Fox, one of the first Trade Show magicians, died.
• 2013 - Hans Moretti famous FISM winning mentalist and illusion team with his wife Helga known as The Morettis died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_13

David Roth

• 1877 - John Ramsay, amateur close-up magician, was born in Scotland.
• 1910 - J.G. Thompson, Jr. was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
• 1944 - Igor Kio, the Russian illusionist with the Russian Circus Association, was born.
• 1952 - David Roth was born.
• 2006 - Gene Maze, a highly skilled and creative magician who specialized in card magic, died

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_14

Edwin Brush

• 1878 - Walter J. Obree Smith, better known as Louis Nikola, born.
• 1935 - John Northern Hilliard died suddenly of a heart attack while in a hotel room in Indianapolis.
• 1951 - The Great Leon died.
• 1967 - Edwin Brush, a Chautauqua and Lyceum circuit performer, died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_15

Jasper Maskelyne

• 1948 - The long-awaited work of Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, Vol. 1 was definitely promised for this day.
• 1967 - George F. Schulte died.
• 1973 - Jasper Maskelyne died.
• 1975 - Eddie Clever, who wrote one of the first hardbound books on performing for children, died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_16

Sid Fleischman

• 1867 - Thomas Nelson Downs, "The King of Koins", was born.
• 1920 - Sid Fleischman was born in Brooklyn.
• 1935 - Nick Trost, creator of Eight Card Brainwave, was born Nicholas K. Trost.
• 1939 - Dai Vernon performed his Harlequin Act in the variety show Short Stories at Radio City Music Hall.
• 1946 - S.A.M. Houdini Hospital Benefit Show at Fairfax High School Auditorium.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_17

Paul Daniels

• 1912 - Magic inventor Bob Kline was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
• 1929 - Patrick Page was born.
• 1937 - Harvey Rosenthal was born in New York City.
• 2016 - Paul Daniels died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_18

Martin Nash

• 1933 - Martin Nash was born.
• 1946 - Professor Herwinn died.
• 2004 - Peter Kane died
• 2006 - Channing Pollock died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_19

Tommy Cooper

• 1921 - Tommy Cooper was born.
• 1938 - Roger Klause was born.
• 1982 - Louis Tannen, one of the largest magic dealers, died.
• 2001 - Jeffery Atkins, a noted British magician, died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_20

Carl Hertz

• 1833 - Spiritualist Daniel Dunglas Home was born.
• 1921 - Howard Thurston presents his program at the Olympic Theatre in Chicago. See Genii 1951 February.
• 1924 - Magician Carl Hertz died.
• 1940 - Fakini was born.
• 1958 - The Magician's Guild held their Annual Show at the Barbizon Plaza in New York.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_21

Edwin Brush

• 1873 - Edwin Brush was born.
• 1937 - Oswald Williams died.
• 1973 - American writer who wrote mystery fiction, science fiction, television scriptwriter and magician, Bruce Elliott died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_22

Steve Dacri

• 1890 - Andrew Buel, President of the first IBM Ring, was born.
• 1929 - Don Arturo De Ascanio y Navas was born.
• 1952 - Steve Dacri was born.
• 2006 - Magician and actor Phoa Yan Tiong died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_23

Milbourne Christopher

• 1914 - Milbourne Christopher was born.
• 1947 - First meeting of the M.D.A.
• 1970 - German illusionist Alois Kassner died.
• 1981 - Monk Watson died.
• 1994 - Mentalist, Bascom Jones died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_24

Chung Ling Soo

• 1874 - Harry Houdini was born in Hungary.
• 1918 - Chung Ling Soo died after his bullet catch routine went wrong.
• 2012 - Marco the Magi passed away.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_25

Frances Ireland Marshall

• 1904 - Fred Morphet died.
• 1910 - Frances Ireland Marshall was born Frances Ahrens.
• 1933 - Clairvoyant, mentalist, occultist, and astrologer during Nazi Germany, Erik Jan Hanussen died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_26

Al Wheatley

• 1861 - Fred Jewett was born.
• 1897 - Dr. Jacob Daley was born.
• 1901 - Al Wheatley was born.
• 1950 - Blackstone, the Magic Detective radio series goes off the air.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_27

Stan Kramien

• 1883 - Christopher H. Charlton, a British magician known as the Royal Illusionist, was born.
• 1897 - Fred Keating was born in New York City.
• 1963 - K. T. Kuma, credited with the invention of the Kuma Tubes, died.
• 1999 - Canadian Mel Stover, a frequent contributor to many magic magazines, passed away.
• 2015 - Stan Kramien died.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_28

Richiardi Jr.

• 1903 - Harold Edmund Thornton born.
• 1966 - Richiardi Jr. appeared at the Ed Sullivan Show.
• 1969 - Bob Sherman died.
• 2004 - The 10th World Deaf Magician Festival, sponsored by the Society of World Deaf Magicians began in Leipzig , Germany.

MagicPedia:Selected_anniversaries/March_29

Eva Kellar

• 1769 - Fredrick Accum was born.
• 1902 - Edgar Benyon (The Great Benyon) was born in New Zealand.
• 1910 - Eva Kellar died.
• 1929 - Dr. Henry R. Evans died.
• 2009 - The last issue of Abracadabra was published.

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Marconick

• 1908 - Clint Riedel was born.
• 1910 - Henry Hay was born June Barrows Mussey in New York City.
• 1930 - Marconick was born.

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George Schindler

• 1848 - The birth of the Modern Spiritualist Movement is most widely accepted as having taken place today, with the events surrounding the Fox family, in Hydesville, New York.
• 1929 - George Schindler was born.
• 1965 - Max Katz, Ricky Jay's grandfather and amateur magician, died.
• 1979 - Eddie Fechter died.