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Illusionist and stuntman Harry Houdini dies of infection at Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. He has been sick for over one week. He was 52 years old.

As Benito Mussolini drives in an open car through Bologna, Italy, a 15-year-old boy, Anteo Zamboni, fires shots at the Italian Premier. He misses, and an angry mob lynches him on the spot. This is the third major assassination attempt against Mussolini in just six months. Il Duce goes on to open the Littoriale complex in Bologna.

Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter gives a dramatic speech in front of The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.

New York City passes the “Cabaret Law,” banning all dance clubs in New York City unless the club has a specific “dancing license.” This law was designed to crack down on alcohol and race mixing parties in Harlem.

GCT Giles, English politician responsible for the evacuation of three million children from Blitzed London to the countryside during WWII, dies. He was 85.

12 days after the general election in the German Democratic Republic, the Volkskammer elects Erich Honecker as Chairman of the Council of State, the de facto President of East Germany.

Harry Houdini is not doing well: after sustaining a severe abdominal injury last week, Houdini is suffering from appendicitis and recovery is doubtful.

Queen Elizabeth opens the National Theatre on London’s South Bank.

At an engagement at the Garrick Theater in Detroit, Michigan, Illusionist Harry Houdini has a fever of 104° F (40° C), and he can hardly perform. He faints twice during the show, but each time he is revived and he continues. But at the end, he faints a third time, and he is taken to Detroit’s Grace Hospital.

'If You Leave Me Now' by Chicago reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.