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
