Ildebrando Zacchini

Ildebrando Zacchini

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birth_date = 1868
birth_place = Malta
death_date = July 17, 1948
death_place = Tampa, Florida
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Ildebrando Zacchini (1868 - July 17, 1948, Tampa, Florida) was the inventor of the popular human cannonball act. Instead of explosives, Zacchini's human-firing cannon used compressed air, and he first tested it on his son Hugo Zacchini.

ee also

*Edmondo Zacchini

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8251137 Find A Grave]


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