Kirk Jones of Canton, Michigan became the first known person to survive a plunge over the Horseshoe Falls without a flotation device on October 20, 2003.

On April 29, 1900 Jones was at Poplar Street Station in Memphis, Tennessee, having driven the No. 2 from Canton ( with his assigned Engine No. 384 ).

Normally, Jones would have stayed in Memphis on a layover ; however, he was asked to take the No. 1 back to Canton, as the scheduled engineer ( Sam Tate ), who held the regular run of Trains No. 1 ( known as " The Chicago & New Orleans Limited ", later to become the famous " Panama Limited ") and No. 4 (" The New Orleans Fast Mail ") with his assigned Engine No. 382, had called in sick with cramps.

Jones pulled out of Goodman, only five minutes behind schedule, and with 25 miles of fast track ahead Jones doubtless felt that he had a good chance to make it to Canton by 4: 05 AM " on the advertised ".

The headlines in the Jackson, Tennessee, Sun read: " FATAL WRECK-Engineer Casey Jones, of This City, Killed Near Canton, Miss.

* Canton Jones

Clyde X ( born 1931 in Canton, Mississippi as Clyde Jones, also known as Imam Clyde Rahman ) was a religious leader associated with the Nation of Islam.

It features guest artists such as Canton Jones on " It's Goin Down ", Lecrae on " They Like Me ", This ' l on " Shake Em Up ", George Moss on " Do the Bill Cosby ", and more.

Bobby Jones, the legendary Golfer, was born in this home while the Jones family was in town visiting from Canton, GA. Bitsy Grant, the famed tennis player, grew up in this home until the family moved to Ansley Park along 17th Street.

In 1800, following the example of the Empress of China, the first American trading vessel to China, Astor traded furs, teas and sandalwood with Canton in China, and greatly benefited from it.

His American Fur Company purchased ten tons of Turkish opium, then shipped the contraband item to Canton on the packet ship Macedonian.

* 1906 – The Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal, the first major scandal in professional American football.

* 1920 – The American Professional Football Association ( later renamed National Football League ) is organized in Canton, Ohio, United States.

* American Heritage Academy " Canton "

"... Parsons, acting for an American syndicate, accepted the direction of a survey of 1, 000 miles of railway in China, primarily on the line from Hankow to Canton.

* 1834-American Presbyterian Mission opens work in India in the Punjab ; Peter Parker MD, associated with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, first American Medical Missionary to China opens Ophthalmic Hospital at Canton

), American football fullback for the Canton Bulldogs and the New York Giants

The O ' Jays are an American R & B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert ( born June 16, 1942 ), Walter Williams ( born August 25, 1943 ), William Powell ( January 20, 1942 – May 26, 1977 ), Bobby Massey and Bill Isles.

The Canton Bulldogs were a professional American football team, based in Canton, Ohio.

Cofall helped re-organize the Cleveland team in 1919 and, along with O ' Donnell attended the September 1920 meeting in Canton, Ohio that founded the American Professional Football Association, which became the NFL the following year.

At the first NFL formation meetings held on August 20, 1920 and September 17, 1920 at Ralph Hay's Hupmobile dealership located in Canton, Ohio, the Triangles were represented by their manager Carl Storck as they became charter members of the new league called the American Professional Football Association, until 1922 when it was renamed the National Football League.

Dr. Young presided over a new team known as the " Hammond All-Stars ," played against many of the teams that would become the backbone of the American Professional Football Association that year ( including the Racine Cardinals, Detroit Heralds, Rock Island Independents, Minneapolis Marines, Cleveland Tigers, Canton Bulldogs, and Toledo Maroons ), and went to the meeting in Canton, Ohio at which the APFA was formed in 1920.

Canton, Ohio was selected as the location for the Hall of Fame for three reasons: First, the NFL was founded in Canton in 1920 ( at that time it was known as the American Professional Football Association ); second, the now-defunct Canton Bulldogs were a successful NFL team based in Canton during the first few years of the league ; and finally, the community of Canton successfully lobbied the NFL to have the Hall built in their city.

In 1786 he commanded one of the first American ships to engage in trade with China, the Canton, operating from Philadelphia.

Jerry Hunt ( November 30, 1943 in Waco, Texas-November 27, 1993 in Canton, Texas ) was an American composer who created works using live electronics partly controlled by his ritualistic performance techniques, influenced by his interest in the occult.

George Thomas Saimes ( born September 15, 1941 in Canton, Ohio ) is a former American football defensive back and fullback for Michigan State University and the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, which produced American Football League Championships in 1964 and 1965.

Canton is the site of Culver-Stockton College, a small liberal arts college affiliated with the Christian Church ( Disciples of Christ ).

Private schools serving the Massillon area include Massillon Christian School, St. Barbara's Elementary, St. Mary's Elementary, and Central Catholic High School ( Canton, Ohio ).

* January 1: Pascal Couchepin takes office as President of the Confederation and Interior Minister of Switzerland ; Ruth Metzler-Arnold becomes vice president ; Claude Lässer becomes president of the Council of State of Fribourg, Stefan Engler president of the government of Graubünden, Gérald Schaller president of the government of Canton of Jura, Margrit Fischer-Willimann Schultheiss of Luzern, Christian Wanner Landammann of Solothurn, and Jean-Claude Mermoud president of the Council of State of Vaud, and Walter Suter Landammann of Zug.

In the process of expanding the campus of Lingnan University ( formerly Canton Christian College and now Zhongshan University ) it came to light that his original grave was on property purchased for the expansion.

In 1951 he was elected to the National Council of Switzerland for the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland and represented the Canton of Fribourg there until 1955.

She was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 11 March 1999, as a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party from the Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.

Protestants hoped that the Chinese government would discriminate between Protestantism and Catholicism, since the law mentioned the latter by name, but after Protestant missionaries gave Christian books to Chinese in 1835 and 1836, the Daoguang Emperor demanded to know who were the " traitorous natives " in Canton who had supplied them with books.

* Christian crossover band Relient K comes from Canton, Ohio

He attended Christian University in Canton, Missouri and later moved to Gallatin, Missouri, where he served as mayor and then as a representative in the Missouri General Assembly ( 1882 – 1887 ).

Old Folks Day in Canton has featured singing from the Christian Harmony since the nineteenth century, at the Morning Star Methodist Church, and before that at the Locust Field Church ( now the First Baptist Church ).

At its founding it was named Canton Christian College ( 格致書院 ).

Lingnan University was founded as Canton Christian College in Guangzhou, China as a Non-Denominational Christian university by the American Presbyterians ( North ) Council in 1889.

Some hoped that the Chinese government would discriminate between Protestantism and Romanism, since the law was directed at Romanism, but after Protestant missionaries in 1835-6 gave Christian books to Chinese, the Daoguang Emperor demanded to know who were the " traitorous natives in " Canton who had supplied them with books.

Some hoped that the Chinese government would discriminate between Protestantism and Romanism, since the law was directed at Romanism, but after Protestant missionaries in 1835-6 gave Christian books to Chinese, the Daoguang Emperor demanded to know who were the " traitorous natives in " Canton who had supplied them with books.

Some hoped that the Chinese government would discriminate between Protestantism and Romanism, since the law was directed at Romanism, but after Protestant missionaries in 1835-6 gave Christian books to Chinese, the Daoguang Emperor demanded to know who were the " traitorous natives in " Canton who had supplied them with books.

* Biography from Christian Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio.

Brian Lee Pittman ( born on October 21, 1980 in Canton, Ohio ) is an American musician most notable as the former bassist for the Christian rock band Relient K, of which he was a founding member.