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07/02/2025

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

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07/10/2025

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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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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

Saturday, June 21

Unity Church incorporated, 1944

U.S Constitution ratified, 1788

Rev. E. Jesse Nash celebrates 50th anniversary at Michigan Street Baptist Church, 1942

Major Albert J. Myer of Buffalo founds the U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1860

Sunday, June 22

New York Central Terminal dedicated, 1929

Memorial Drive, Memorial Dr, Buffalo, NY, USA

Red Jacket monument dedicated, 1892

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

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