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07/02/2025

Happy Hour History – Edison & Tesla: The Myths vs. the Truth

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07/05/2025

Pan-Am Walking Tour

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07/08/2025

Memory Cafe

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07/10/2025

Drawing Support for Local Journalism

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07/17/2025

Behind the Scenes Tour

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07/18/2025

M&T Third Friday

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07/18/2025

Party on the Portico – the Funkensteins featuring nico zarcone

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07/31/2025

AAARIA Presents – SANKOFA: Africans in America Before Columbus

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08/02/2025

Pan-Am Walking Tour

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08/12/2025

Teaching American History Seminar – The American Mind: Frederick Douglass

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On This Day In Buffalo

Monday, June 23

Buffalo Athletic Club incorporated, 1922

Demolition of Elk Street market begins, 1923

Buffalo Club for the Deaf incorporated, 1944

India Walton wins Democratic primary for mayor, 2021

Tuesday, June 24

First St. Paul's cornerstone laid, 1819

City & County Hall cornerstone laid, 1872

Franklin Street

Grover Cleveland dies, 1908

Princeton, NJ, USA

Cornerstone laid for Firemen's monument, 1864

Forest Lawn Cemetery, 1411 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14209, USA

Wednesday, June 25

Curtiss Co. & Wright Co. merge and incorporate to become Curtiss-Wright Aircraft, 1929

Buffalo Auto Club founded, 1900

Now the Buffalo AAA Chapter

Buffalo Bible Institute incorporated, 1957

Aviator Katherine Stinson flies from Buffalo to Washington, 1918

Thursday, June 26

St. Lawrence Seaway opens, 1959

Millard Fillmore Hospital incorporated, 1872

U.S. Supreme Court legalizes equal marriage, 2015

NY State legalizes equal marriage, 2011

Friday, June 27

St. Francis of Assisi cornerstone laid, 1909

Babe Ruth defeats Buffalo, 10-5, 1914

Poet Lucille Clifton born, 1936

Buffalo Music Hall of Fame dedicated, 2013

Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls, NY