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On This Day In Buffalo

Tuesday, November 28

Historian Frank H. Severance born, 1856

Cape Ann, Rockport, MA 01966, USA

Emma Goldman gives speech, 1897

Concert Hall

Edwin P. Christy born, 1851

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Gambling Raid at the Little Harlem Hotel, 1962

496 Michigan Ave, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA

Wednesday, November 29

Thursday, November 30

Memorial Auditorium cornerstone laid, 1939

Mark Twain born, 1835

WKBW-TV begins broadcasting, 1958

Welland Canal opens, 1829

Welland Canal, Ontario, Canada

Friday, December 1

St. Francis Hospital incorporated, 1927

City of Buffalo petitions Congress for sea wall construction, 1837

Emma Goldman gives speech, 1897

Spiritualist Temple

Ban on Sunday Theater Performances Lifted, 1925

Saturday, December 2

Town of Marilla established, 1853

Congressional medal of honor awarded to Col. William J. Donovan, 1922

Der Weltbürger, first German newspaper, begins publishing, 1837

Pierce-Arrow Motor Car. Co. incorporated, 1916

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