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On This Day In Buffalo

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

Saturday, November 9

Dr. Martin Luther King speaks in Buffalo, 1967

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Cir, Buffalo, NY 14201, USA

Author Toni Morrison gives speech, 2017

Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Cir, Buffalo, NY 14201, USA

Massive fire at former Bethlehem Steel site, 2016

Route 5, NY-5, Lackawanna, NY, USA

M. Wile closes factory, 2006

Sunday, November 10

Buffalo International Fringe Festival incorporated, 1993

S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior, 1975

Metallica performs in Buffalo, 2009

KeyBank Center, 1 Seymour H Knox III Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA

Completion of Buffalo City Hall construction, 1931

Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202, USA

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