As we have previously written, the first human cannonball was Zazel (Rosa Richter), who was launched out of spring operated “cannons” devised by The Great Farini starting in 1877. The Zacchinis were the ones who perfected the effect, made it more spectacular, and proliferated widely. It all begins with the patriarch Ildebrando Zacchini (1868-1948) an […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:16AM on January 17, 2018