human cannonballs - from the past There is an early account (1875) of a performer named George Loyal, with the Yankee Robinson Circus, who is reported to be the first person to be fired from a cannon. This circus ad appeared in a 1881, Wilmington, NC newspaper There is more recorded history about a person being shot from a cannon in England, circa 1877. And yes, it was a girl, (14) ca