On this day in 1945, the first issue of Ebony magazine was published, giving Black life, achievement, culture, and politics a major national platform. Founded by John H. Johnson in Chicago, the magazine grew into a landmark of Black media and a visual record of twentieth-century African American life.
Category: This Day In History
Harry Houdini Dies
On this day in 1926, Harry Houdini, the famed escape artist and illusionist, died in Detroit from peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix. His death on Halloween, after a career built around escaping impossible restraints, gave his legend an eerie final flourish.