Edmondo Zacchini
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Edmondo Zacchini (27 March 1894 - 3 October 1981) is credited with inventing the human cannonball circus act.
For his first act he used a crude spring-powered cannon that hurled him 20 feet. He designed it in Cairo in 1922. Later versions used compressed air.
Mr. Zacchini developed his act in Cairo in 1922 using a crude spring-powered cannon that hurled him 20 feet. He later developed one using compressed air. The first time he was shot from the cannon, he broke a leg and redesigned the device in the hospital.
