2002 Jeff Corey, actor/teacher, blacklisted actor during the McCarthy era, dies at 88
1989 New York Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)
1980 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic
1980 Cleve Dan Spillner, 545 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles
1979 Sandra Post wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic
1978 Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74
1978 House of Representatives approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA
1978 Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Washington D.C. for ERA
1975 President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"
1968 St. Louis Cardinals' Bob Gibson's 13th shutout, ends with 1.12 ERA
1965 Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era)
1959 Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78
1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
1919 Allie Reynolds, New York Yankee pitcher, 1952 AL ERA leader, 2.07,
1915 Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (C'era una Volta), dies at 76
1914 William Westmoreland, born in Saxon, South Carolina, army general, Vietnam era
1909 Dutch, Emil, Leonard, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox, 1.01 ERA 1914
1906 Era Bell Thompson, [Dakota Dick], U.S. actress, Ebony
1903 Carl Hubbell, pitcher for the New York Giants-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA
1885 Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder, National Woman's Party
1881 Ed Walsh, pitcher, lowest lifetime ERA, 1.82
1873 Origin of Japanese Era
1854 "New Era" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300
1850 Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist, New Era
1792 Origin of French Republican Era
1556 Origin of Fasli Era (India)
1469 Manuel I, King of Portugal, 1495-1521, during era of exploration
632 Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era
622 Moslem Era begins-Mahomet begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hejira)
622 Origin of Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH)
295 Origin of Era of Ascension
284 Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)
78 Origin of Saka Era (India)
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