History & Culture. On the evening of March 1, 1932, famous aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife put their 20-month-old baby, Charles (âCharlieâ) Augustus Lindbergh Jr., to bed in his upstairs nursery. However, when Charlieâs nurse went to check on him at 10 pm, he was gone; someone had kidnapped him. News of the kidnapping shocked the world.
For others, though, July 31 is not just a nod back to the beginning of the series but a way to continue celebrating Harry as if he, and his birthday, were real. âThe Boy Who Livedâ is the first chapter of the Potter series, wherein readers meet Harry as a newborn shortly after surviving a killing curse.
Early Life. Famed magician/entertainer Harry Houdini was born Erich Weisz on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary. One of seven children born to a Jewish rabbi and his wife, Erich moved with his family as a child to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he later claimed he was born.