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 Mennin[i], 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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