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1992 Erie Sailors (Florida Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 13
1970 Ghetty Chasun, Erie Penn, actress, Red Lips 1967 WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Paul Mokha, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, rower 1996 Olympics 1966 WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting 1966 Randy Burridge, Fort Erie, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres 1965 Caryn Kadavy, Erie, Pennsylvania, figure skater 1964 Tish Certo, Niagara Falls, New York, LPGA golfer, 1981 Erie County, New York Champ 1960 Nate Carr, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, freestyle wrestler 1988 Olympics bronze 1954 WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa 1949 WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting 1937 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie 1932 Paul Joseph Weitz, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, astronaut, Skylab 2, STS-6 1930 Richard Anuszkiewicz, Erie, Pennsylvania, painter 1923 Peter Mennini, Erie Pennsylvania, composer, Moby Dick 1916 Explosion at Lake Erie and Cleveland Waterworks 1866 Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie, Pennsylvania, black composer, Springarn Medal 1866 Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft. Erie, Ontario from U.S. 1841 Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 1841 Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die 1831 Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather 1825 Erie Canal opens 1825 Erie Canal between Hudson River and Lake Erie opened 1825 Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean 1817 Construction on Erie Canal begins 1814 Americans capture Fort Erie Canada 1813 Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie |
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