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On This Day In Buffalo

Thursday, July 25

Eastern Elevator burns, 1900

Flying Bison Brewing Company incorporated, 1995

Bobby Leach survives plunge over Niagara Falls in steel barrel, 1911

Battle of Lundy's Lane, 1814

Lundy's Lane, Niagara Falls, ON L2G, Canada

Friday, July 26

President John Quincy Adams gives speech in Buffalo, 1843

New York Admitted to the Union as the 11th State, 1788

President McKinley drives memorial stake at proposed site for Pan-American Exposition, 1897

Cayuga Island, Niagara Falls, NY 14304, USA

First suspension bridge across Niagara River completed, 1848

Niagara Falls, NY, USA

Saturday, July 27

William S. Wicks born 1854

Barnevelt, NY

Kathleen Howard born, 1884

First Buffalonian to perform at the Metropolitan Opera

Sunday, July 28

Richardson Complex grand opening, 2017

Monday, July 29

Father Nelson Baker dies, 1936

Charles Lindbergh visits Buffalo, 1927

Hotel Statler, Niagara Square

14th amendment to the Constitution passes, granting full civil & voting rights to African-Americans, 1868

National Chicken Wing Day proclaimed by Mayor Makowski, 1977

Proclaimed by Mayor Makowski

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