February 1, 1903: The new Sunset railroad depot opened on Jan. 31, 1903. “In the presence of a distinguished assemblage of railway officials, officers of the army and representative citizens, the ...
When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899, it was Houdini's ability to escape from handcuffs which caught his attention. Although Houdini was hardly the ...