Harry Houdini was a well-known man for his magic tricks as well as his shocking death. In his early life a lot had happened to Houdini, although he said he was born on April 6, 1874 in Appleton, Wisconsin, he was actually born on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary. When he was actually born in Hungary his name was not Harry Houdini, it was in fact Erich Weisz. After a few years, Erich was devoted to his mother and tried to help her during her hard life. He took up begging at one point in his life and whenever he would get coins he would hide them in his hair and would tell his mother “Shake me, I’m magic” and coins would fall out of his hair. At the age of eight Erich began to sell newspapers and shining shoes to try and help out his family.