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1993 Jerry Hunt, composer, used live electronics to create new works, employed ritualistic performance techniques, dies in Canton, Texas, of suicide
1979 Pro Football Researchers Association forms, Canton, Ohio 1979 Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established 1971 Trey Ames, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, David-A Year in the Life 1970 Nicole Wood, born in Canton, Ohio, playmate, Apr, 1993 1967 Darla Michele Pruett, Canton Georgia, Miss Georgia-America 1991 1967 WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1964 Barbara Chiu, born in Canton, China, Canada table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1963 Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton, Ohio 1963 Lily Yip, Canton China, U.S. table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1962 Johnny Huang, Canton China, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1962 James Carpenter, Canton Conn, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics 1961 NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio 1956 Phillip Gregory Hubbard, born in Canton, Ohio, basketball 1976 Olympics gold 1951 Ron Klink, born in Canton, Ohio, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1993 - 2001 1951 Lee Wilkof, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart 1949 Chinese Red army occupies Canton 1948 Ronald W. Harris, born in Canton, Ohio, lightweight boxer, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China 1942 Eddie Levert, born in Canton, Ohio, vocalist, O'Jays-For the Love of Money 1939 U.S. and U.K. agree on joint control of Canton and Enderbury Island in the Pacific 1938 Japanese troops occupies Canton 1934 Adolf Muschg, born in Zollikon, canton of Zurich, writer, German language and literature professor, wrote provocative works, including If Auschwitz is in Switzerland 1932 Peggy Ann Garner, Canton Ohio, actress, Little Women, Daisy Kenyon 1926 Jean Peters, born in Canton, Ohio, actress, Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters 1926 Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton 1923 Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season 1920 National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association 1917 I. M. Pei, born in Canton, China, architect, 1961 Brunner Prize 1916 Jack Paar, Canton Ohio, TV host, Jack Paar Show 1907 Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orchestra leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith 1904 Keye Luke, born in Canton, China, actor, Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident 1901 Carroll Nye, born in Canton, Ohio, actress, Lawless Woman 1901 Ernest Lawrence, born in Canton, South Dakota, inventor of the cyclotron, Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 1897 Wilbur, Pete, Henry, NFL tackle, Canton, New York Giants, Pottsville 1894 Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach, Canton, Frankford, Cards 1892 Joe Guyon, NFL halfback, Canton, Cleveland, Oorang, Rock I, etc 1890 Jack Cusack, pro football pioneer, Canton Bulldogs 1887 British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong 1887 John Finley Williamson, Canton Ohio, conductor, Westminster Choir 1886 Ian Wolfe, Canton, Illinois, actor, Diary of a Madman, Wizards and Warriors 1875 Carter G Woodson, New Canton, Virginia, American historian, black studies 1862 Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die 1847 James Deacon White, Canton, New York, ball player jumped teams in 1876, Chi 1845 Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton, China 1823 Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton 1809 Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland 1558 Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland |
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