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On This Day In Buffalo

Monday, November 4

Six members of the West Side Rowing Club fly out of Buffalo to compete in the Olympics, 1956

Melbourne VIC, Australia

The Seneca Chief canal boat arrives in the New York harbor, 1825

Penn-Dixie cement silos demolished, 1977

Woodlawn, NY 14219, USA

Tuesday, November 5

National Doughnut Day

Shirley Chisholm becomes the first African-American woman elected to Congress, 1968

Nirvana performs at UB, 1993

University at Buffalo

Genesee Pure Food Co. changes its name to Jell-O Company, 1923

Wednesday, November 6

Independent Order of Odd Fellows Niagara Lodge founded, 1839

South Division Street, S Division St, Buffalo, NY, USA

Woman suffrage passes in New York State, 1917

Death of William Wells Brown, 1884

Thursday, November 7

Mark Twain's son Langdon born, 1870

472 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14202, USA

Buffalo Bucha opens, 2015

Horsefeathers building

Gas first manufactured in Buffalo, 1848

County Executive Mark Poloncarz born, 1967

Friday, November 8

Zonta Club founded, 1919

Niagara County Community College founded, 1962

Eastern Hills Mall opens, 1971

Second German Baptist Church votes to dissolve congregation, 1911

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