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.
Harry Houdini (1874â1926) The great American escape artist and magician Houdini (immortalized by a memorable performance by Tony Curtis in the eponymous 1953 film) was born Erich Weiss on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary, though he often gave his birthplace as Appleton, Wisconsin, where he was raised.