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On This Day In Buffalo

Wednesday, January 15

Buffalo Morning Express newspaper begins publishing, 1846

Bak USA opens headquarters in Buffalo, 2015

425 Michigan Ave.

Buffalo City Hall added to the National Register, 1999

Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202, USA

First Treaty of Buffalo Creek signed, 1838

Thursday, January 16

Home for the Friendless incorporated, 1868

1500 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14209, USA

Ballplayer Jimmy Collins born, 1870

Niagara Falls, NY, USA

New York State Canal System named a National Historic Landmark, 2016

Prohibition goes into effect, 1920

Friday, January 17

First regular air mail service begins, 1927

Buffalo Niagara International Airport, 4200 Genesee St, Buffalo, NY 14225, USA

Buffalo Fire Historical Society chartered, 1984

Hotel Lenox construction begins, 1897

First episode of "Meet the Millers" airs, 1950

Saturday, January 18

Milton Rogovin dies, 2011

Buffalo, NY, USA

Buffalo Evening Times loses two buildings in a fire, 1920

Storm hits, 77mph winds, 0 temp, 1885

First Statler Hotel opens, 1908

Washington & Swan

Sunday, January 19

Erie County Poorhouse burns, 1918

Presently the site of UB South Campus

First Lady Hillary Clinton visits The Buffalo History Museum, 2000

Artist/photographer Cindy Sherman born, 1954

Buffalo, NY, USA

Emma Goldman has brief layover in Buffalo while traveling to Chicago, 1902

Exchange Street Station

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