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. When he was 13, Erich moved with his father to New York City, taking on odd jobs and living in a boarding house before the rest of the family joined them.