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unusual facts about Cannonball



Albert S. Ruddy

Nomination: 1984 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture: Cannonball Run II

Bálint Balassi

In the 15 years war he joined the Army, and died at the siege of Esztergom-Víziváros the same year as the result of a severe leg wound caused by a cannonball.

Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago

Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (later released as Cannonball & Coltrane in 1964, on Limelight) is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, his final release on the Mercury label, featuring performances by Adderley with John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb.

Cannonball Run 2001

In 2005, Yates teamed up with a Cannonball driver and film producer J Sanchez to produce a more authentic reality series called Cannonball: This Is Reality to run alongside the actual One Lap of America race.

Charles Starrett

Dub Taylor, as "Cannonball", worked with Starrett until 1946.

Couroupita guianensis

Common names in other languages include many translations of the English cannonball tree.

Elvin Bale

Elvin is perhaps best known now for his human cannonball act, which he began with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Fort St. David

The villages thus obtained are still spoken of as cannonball villages.

Freddie Freeloader

A vocalese version is featured on "Freddie Freeloader: Jon Hendricks and Friends" (1990) featuring Bobby McFerrin (Wynton Kelly), Al Jarreau (Miles Davis), George Benson (Cannonball Adderley) and Jon Hendricks (John Coltrane).

Human cannonball

In the 1920s, Ildebrando Zacchini invented a cannon that used compressed air to launch a human cannonball.

John Simpson Knox

On 18 June 1855, Knox volunteered for the ladder party in the attack on the Redan, an attempt to finish the Siege of Sevastopol, he was struck by a Russian cannonball, removing part of his left arm.

Nicolas Ernault de Rignac Des Bruslys

From 26 January 1793, he directed siege works at Maastricht, where he was wounded by a cannonball at the right leg on 27 February 1794.

Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya

One tree with a significant history is the Cannonball Tree planted by King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary in 1901.

Rusty Collins

Due to the brainwashing, Rusty had no qualms about attacking former teammate Cannonball during the X-Cutioner's Song storyline.

Shatterstar

In an alternate future seen in X-Force Annual #1, the X-Force team led by Cannonball were approached by Mojoworld Spineless Ones, Mojo.

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Super Morph

The game's plot is of a child who is given a temporary ability to change between states of solid, liquid, gas coming in the forms of a cannonball, a rubber ball, a water droplet, and a cloud.

Tate Houston

That same year, he appeared on Nat Adderley's That's Right! as part of a sax section comprising Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Jimmy Heath and Charlie Rouse.

Throne of Jahangir

When the Army of the British East India Company first attacked the Agra Fort in 1803 under General Gerard Lake, a cannonball fired by the artillery struck the Takht, but did not manage to destroy it.

Wilmer McLean

Union Army artillery fired at McLean's house, which was being used as a headquarters for Confederate Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard, and a cannonball dropped through the kitchen fireplace.


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