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
