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On This Day In Buffalo

Friday, May 17

Universalist Church cornerstone laid, 1832

Main St.?

Niagara Gazette publishes first issue, 1858

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports finding chromosomal damage in Love Canal residents, 1980

Niagara Falls, NY, USA

Dutch Elm disease first spotted in Buffalo, 1952

Saturday, May 18

Riverside Men's Shop demolished, 2011

Tonawanda and Ontario Streets

Seymour Knox I dies, 1915

Screenwriter Diane English born, 1948

Construction begins on Metro Rail, 1979

Sunday, May 19

Ground Broken for Main St. Horsecar Line, 1860

Phased reopening of WNY after COVID-19 lockdown begins, 2020

Hamburg area reports 2.3 magnitude earthquake, 2020

Broadway Auditorium dedicated, 1913

201 Broadway, Buffalo, NY 14204, USA

Monday, May 20

Treaty of Buffalo Creek signed, 1842

Expanded Buffalo Historical Society building dedicated, 1929

1 Museum Ct, Buffalo, NY 14216, USA

Mayor William G. Fargo born, 1818

Pompey, NY 13084, USA

Town of Eden established, 1812

Tuesday, May 21

Cornerstone placed for Asbury Delaware Methodist Church, 1874

Babeville, 341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14202, USA

Slavery prohibited in what is now Ontario, Canada, 1793

Newsboys & Bootblacks' Home opens, 1885

Eastern State grain elevator imploded, 2000

1132 Military Rd, Buffalo, NY 14217, USA

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