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On This Day In Buffalo

Tuesday, May 7

Funds appropriated for Buffalo's first public market, 1821

Elbert & Alice Hubbard die on the Lusitania, 1915

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church dedicated, 1905

Main near North

Buffalo Police Athletic League incorporated, 1951

Wednesday, May 8

Kellogg Observatory opens, 1930

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Pkwy, Buffalo, NY 14211, USA

First gas light company formed, 1848

Ulrich's Tavern raided during Prohibition, 1926

674 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA

Special Women's Edition of Buffalo "Daily Courier" is Produced, 1895

Thursday, May 9

First Jewish congregation, Beth El, founded, 1847

Grateful Dead performs, 1977

Memorial Auditorium

Architect Gordon Bunshaft born, 1909

Buffalo, NY

First known display of Milton Rogovin's photography, 1951

Albright Art School, AKG Art Museum, 1285 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222, USA

Friday, May 10

Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers incorporated, 1999

St. Paul's Cathedral heavily damaged by fire, 1888

St Paul's Cathedral, 128 Pearl St, Buffalo, NY 14202, United States

Architect John H. Coxhead born,1863

Fort Lee, NJ

St. John family moves into its house on Main Street, 1810

437 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA

Saturday, May 11

University at Buffalo chartered, 1846

McArthur Block collapses, 1874

Main near Eagle

Bethlehem Steel buys Lackawanna Steel, 1922

Lackawanna, NY, USA

Buffalo Central Labor Union is Organized, 1884

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