This Day, That Year – March 24

Born on this day in 1874, Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer noted for his escape acts.

Did you know that:

• Galen Clark, an American naturalist who discovered the Mariposa Grove, was born on this day in 1814
• German scientist Robert Koch discovered and described the tubercle bacillus which causes tuberculosis, establishing the germ theory on this day in 1882
• Alan Sugar, an English computer manufacturer who founded Amstrad Computers, was born on this day in 1947