2010 Event China's largest fair, Canton Fair, opens and is closely watched as it is the barometer of the country's trade and economic development 1993 Death Jerry Hunt, composer, used live electronics to create new works, employed ritualistic performance techniques, dies in Canton, Texas, of suicide 1979 Event Pro Football Researchers Association forms, Canton, Ohio 1979 Event Jura, 26th canton of Switzerland, established 1971 Birthday Trey Ames, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, David-A Year in the Life 1970 Birthday Macy Gray, born in Canton, Ohio, singer, songwriter, actress, Grammy-Award winner, films, 'Idlewild', 'Training Day', hit song, 'I Try', famous album, 'On How Life Is' 1970 Birthday Nicole Wood, born in Canton, Ohio, playmate, Apr, 1993 1967 Birthday Darla Michele Pruett, Canton Georgia, Miss Georgia-America 1991 1967 Event WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting 1964 Birthday Barbara Chiu, born in Canton, China, Canada table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1963 Event Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton, Ohio 1963 Birthday Lily Yip, Canton China, U.S. table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1962 Birthday Johnny Huang, Canton China, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1962 Birthday James Carpenter, Canton Conn, fencer-epee 1996 Olympics 1961 Event NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio 1956 Birthday Phillip Gregory Hubbard, born in Canton, Ohio, basketball 1976 Olympics gold 1951 Birthday Ron Klink, born in Canton, Ohio, Representative-D-Pennsylvania 1993 - 2001 1951 Birthday Lee Wilkof, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart 1949 Event Chinese Red army occupies Canton 1948 Birthday Ronald W. Harris, born in Canton, Ohio, lightweight boxer, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Event 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China 1942 Birthday Eddie Levert, born in Canton, Ohio, vocalist, O'Jays-For the Love of Money 1939 Event U.S. and U.K. agree on joint control of Canton and Enderbury Island in the Pacific 1938 Event Japanese troops occupies Canton 1934 Birthday Adolf Muschg, born in Zollikon, canton of Zurich, writer, German language and literature professor, wrote provocative works, including If Auschwitz is in Switzerland 1932 Birthday Peggy Ann Garner, Canton Ohio, actress, Little Women, Daisy Kenyon 1926 Birthday Jean Peters, born in Canton, Ohio, actress, Viva Zapata!, Apache, Deep Waters 1926 Event Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton 1923 Event Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season 1920 Event National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association 1917 Birthday I. M. Pei, born in Canton, China, architect, 1961 Brunner Prize 1916 Birthday Jack Paar, Canton Ohio, TV host, Jack Paar Show 1907 Birthday Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orchestra leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith 1904 Birthday Keye Luke, born in Canton, China, actor, Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident 1901 Birthday Carroll Nye, born in Canton, Ohio, actress, Lawless Woman 1901 Birthday Ernest Lawrence, born in Canton, South Dakota, inventor of the cyclotron, Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 1897 Birthday Wilbur, Pete, Henry, NFL tackle, Canton, New York Giants, Pottsville 1894 Birthday Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach, Canton, Frankford, Cards 1892 Birthday Joe Guyon, NFL halfback, Canton, Cleveland, Oorang, Rock I, etc 1890 Birthday Jack Cusack, pro football pioneer, Canton Bulldogs 1887 Event British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong 1887 Birthday John Finley Williamson, Canton Ohio, conductor, Westminster Choir 1886 Birthday Ian Wolfe, Canton, Illinois, actor, Diary of a Madman, Wizards and Warriors 1875 Birthday Carter G Woodson, New Canton, Virginia, American historian, black studies 1862 Event Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die 1847 Birthday James Deacon White, Canton, New York, ball player jumped teams in 1876, Chi 1845 Event Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton, China 1823 Birthday Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton 1809 Event Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland 1558 Event Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland
