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1992 Event - Erie Sailors (Florida Marlin farm team) 1st game beat Jamestown 6-5 in 13

1970 Birthday - Ghetty Chasun, Erie Penn, actress, Red Lips

1967 Event - WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting

1966 Birthday - Paul Mokha, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, rower 1996 Olympics

1966 Event - WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting

1966 Birthday - Randy Burridge, Fort Erie, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres

1965 Birthday - Caryn Kadavy, Erie, Pennsylvania, figure skater

1964 Birthday - Tish Certo, Niagara Falls, New York, LPGA golfer, 1981 Erie County, New York Champ

1960 Birthday - Nate Carr, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, freestyle wrestler 1988 Olympics bronze

1954 Event - WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting

1949 Event - Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa

1949 Event - WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting

1937 Event - 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie

1932 Birthday - Paul Joseph Weitz, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, astronaut, Skylab 2, STS-6

1930 Birthday - Richard Anuszkiewicz, Erie, Pennsylvania, painter

1923 Birthday - Peter Mennini, Erie Pennsylvania, composer, Moby Dick

1916 Event - Explosion at Lake Erie and Cleveland Waterworks

1866 Birthday - Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie, Pennsylvania, black composer, Springarn Medal

1866 Event - Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft. Erie, Ontario from U.S.

1841 Event - Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300

1841 Event - Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die

1831 Event - Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather

1825 Event - Erie Canal opens

1825 Event - Erie Canal between Hudson River and Lake Erie opened

1825 Event - Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean

1817 Event - Construction on Erie Canal begins

1814 Event - Americans capture Fort Erie Canada

1813 Event - Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie













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