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On This Day In Buffalo

Monday, May 12

Angola Horror train wreck, 1867

Angola, NY 14006, USA

Erie County Farm Bureau incorporated, 1955

W.E.B. DuBois speaks at NAACP meeting, Buffalo branch, 1922

First Shiloh Baptist Church, 15 Pine St, Buffalo, NY 14204, USA

Tuesday, May 13

Buffalo Gas Light Company incorporated, 1845

Colored Musicians Club incorporated, 1935

Tonawanda Community House dedicated, 1939

Tonawanda Reservation, Tonawanda, NY, USA

President Barack Obama tours Industrial Support Co., 2010

Wednesday, May 14

City Hall cornerstone laid, 1930

Niagara Square

Federal Reserve Bank building opens, 1957

Delaware & Huron, now New Era Cap Co. headquarters

WGRZ-TV begins broadcasting, 1954

Erie Railroad opens, 1851

Thursday, May 15

Buffalo branch of Federal Reserve Bank opens, 1919

Erie grain elevator destroyed by fire, 1913

Women Teachers Association buys Chapter House from Buffalo Seminary, 1895

95 Johnson Park, Buffalo, NY 14201

Governor Theodore Roosevelt gives speech, 1899

Friday, May 16

St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church dedicated, 1886

Emslie Street, Buffalo, NY, United States

Paul Whiteman Orchestra performs in Buffalo, 1924

Broadway Auditorium

First Presbyterian Church dedicated, 1897

Symphony Circle