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1997 Event - Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic

1996 Event - Trish Johnson wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Golf Classic

1995 Event - Gail Graham wins FieldCrest Cannon/Carolina LPGA Golf Classic

1995 Death - Doreen Cannon, teacher of acting (London), dies at 64

1994 Death - William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73

1992 Birthday - Sarah Cannon, daughter of singer Amy Grant

1992 Death - Willem RJ Wittkampf, journalist and writer (Liner, Cannon), dies

1983 Event - LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 years for counterfeiting

1980 Birthday - Nick Cannon, American Musician

1971 Event - "Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV

1970 Birthday - Marlin Cannon, Dallas Texas, 200m/400m runner

1964 Birthday - Gail Graham, Vanderhoof BC, LPGA golfer, 1995 Fieldcrest Cannon

1963 Birthday - Chris Greatrex, LPGA golfer, 1995 Fielcrest Cannon Classic-71st

1961 Event - Houston Oiler Billy Cannon gains record 373 yards against Titans

1959 Event - 25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB)

1953 Birthday - Katherine Cannon, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Father Murphy, Survivors

1953 Event - 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada

1950 Birthday - Chris Cannon, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, politician, Republican party, U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 3rd district

1945 Death - Walter B Cannon, U.S. physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73

1941 Death - Annie Jump Cannon, U.S. astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at 77

1940 Birthday - Freddy Cannon, Picariello, Lynn, Massachusetts, rocker, Palisades Park

1937 Birthday - William Cannon, football player, Heisman-1959

1937 Birthday - Dyan Cannon, born in Tacoma, Washington, Mrs. Cary Grant, actress, 'Heaven Can Wait'

1930 Birthday - Doreen Cannon, teacher of acting, London

1929 Birthday - Jack Philip Cannon, composer

1926 Death - Joseph Gurney Cannon, American Politician

1922 Birthday - J. D. Cannon, born in Salmon, Idaho, actor, McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory

1920 Birthday - William Conrad, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Bullwinkle Show, Cannon

1902 Death - Friedrich A Krupp, cannon manufacturer, commits suicide

1897 Event - M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in U.S. (Utah)

1896 Event - Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator

1896 Event - Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator

1871 Birthday - Walter B Cannon, U.S. physiologist, Wisdom of the Body

1863 Birthday - Annie Jump Cannon, U.S., stellar spectroscopist, Harvard-classification

1861 Event - Ft. Point completed and garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)

1849 Event - Benjamin Chambers patents breech loading cannon

1836 Birthday - Joseph Cannon, American Politician

1775 Event - Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx)

1521 Event - Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball


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