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On This Day In Buffalo

Sunday, December 8

Police officers Patricia Parete & Carl Andolina shot, 2006

St. Mary's School for the Deaf main building dedicated, 1898

St. Mary's School for the Deaf, 2253 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA

Monday, December 9

St. Agnes Church dedicated, 1883

194 Ludington, Buffalo

Schoellkopf Bridge dedicated, 1908

Niagara Falls, NY, USA

Burchfield Penney Art Center dedicated, 1966

Elmwood Avenue Starbucks cafe becomes the first unionized Starbucks in the US, 2021

Tuesday, December 10

First library organized in Buffalo, 1816

Buffalo Teachers Federation incorporated, 1935

Former President Bill Clinton attends Sabres game, 2008

Dr. Gerty Cori becomes first American woman scientist to win the Nobel Prize, 1947

Wednesday, December 11

Charity Organization Society founded, 1877

Buffalo Launch Club incorporated, 1904

Sacred Heart of Mary Orphan Asylum incorporated, 1895

Cheektowaga, NY, USA

Father Hennepin celebrates the first mass on the Niagara Frontier, 1678

Niagara Falls, Ontario, USA

Thursday, December 12

St. Joseph University RC Church dedicated, 1926

Buffalo General Hospital incorporated, 1855

First Presbyterian Society buys land for a church, 1820

Saxophonist Grover Washington, Jr. born, 1943

Buffalo, NY, USA

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