Today is the birthday of Rosa Richter (1862-1922), known professionally as Zazel, one of the first of the human cannonballs. Born in England, she was already an acrobat and tightrope walker in her teenage years. In 1877, she was first shot out of a cannon and thrown in the air 100 feet by the Great [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:15AM on April 11, 2013