Eyewitnesses to an incident at Houdini's dressing room in the Princess Theatre in Montreal gave rise to speculation that Houdini's death was caused by McGill University student Joselyn Gordon Whitehead who delivered a surprise attack of multiple blows to Houdini's abdomen. (31 October 1926)
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Monday 13th of July 1807 (-) — Murderer Richard Faulkner is executed by hanging Faulkner killed 13-year-old George Burnham on 15th February by cruelly beating him to death for no other cause than to revenge his mother having thrown some dirty water upon him.