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On This Day In Buffalo

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

Sunday, May 12

Angola Horror train wreck, 1867

Angola, NY 14006, USA

Erie County Farm Bureau incorporated, 1955

W.E.B. DuBois speaks at NAACP meeting, Buffalo branch, 1922

First Shiloh Baptist Church, 15 Pine St, Buffalo, NY 14204, USA

Monday, May 13

Buffalo Gas Light Company incorporated, 1845

Colored Musicians Club incorporated, 1935

Tonawanda Community House dedicated, 1939

Tonawanda Reservation, Tonawanda, NY, USA

President Barack Obama tours Industrial Support Co., 2010

Tuesday, May 14

City Hall cornerstone laid, 1930

Niagara Square

Federal Reserve Bank building opens, 1957

Delaware & Huron, now New Era Cap Co. headquarters

WGRZ-TV begins broadcasting, 1954

Erie Railroad opens, 1851

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