Almanac February 21: Human-sized Cannon In 1906, Horace Goldin filed two patents that diagrammed apparatus for “Producing Stage Illusions.” One patent was for human-sized cannon.
Almanac February 11: Bill Larsen, Jr. We mourn the loss of Bill Larsen, Jr., who died on this day 32 years ago, in 1993. As the second editor of Genii magazine
Almanac February 5: D'Alvini's Tale D’Alvini, a British juggler and magician named William Peppercorn, adopted an Italian name and a Japanese costume. He claimed that he had been brought
