https://youtube.com/shorts/bcu96tlvAv4?si=B0ozdwUEXwalHxGs #OnThisDay In 1979, The Outlaws and Molly Hatchet perform at Kleinhans Music Hall. Originally, The Outlaws and Molly Hatchet were to perform both the 14th and 15th but the…
https://youtube.com/shorts/qokPuZyUXWU?si=VWrxIaeyIDjuJER6 #OnThisDay In 1984, Yes performs at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium aka "The Aud" as a part of their 9021Live Tour, returning on May 9th as a second leg of the…
https://youtube.com/shorts/CiwhIJfsiNs?si=GUD2ppxPo9CiW2-_ #OnThisDay In 2009, Colgan Flight 3407 crash lands into a home in Clarence, New York. Tragically, all 49 people on board and one person on the ground were killed.…
https://youtube.com/shorts/3ubOOLuqEco?si=qWjTDVLtcy2oB0CC #OnThisDay In 1982, 10,000 Maniacs perform their first known gig in Buffalo at the former Schuper House at 1802 Niagara Street. The band was founded in 1981 around Jamestown…
https://youtube.com/shorts/BtKKDh5Kz_A?si=DTznOcr1No15g86b #OnThisDay In 1974, Joni Mitchell performs at Kleinhans Music Hall. Mitchell had previously performed at Kleinhans in 1969, stating around the time she would stop touring. She finally returned…
https://youtube.com/shorts/6omTnVkK-bE?si=CG8JuqAzquTG1A-V #OnThisDay In 2003, Buffalo Grain Scooper of the S.S. Kinsman Independent work their final shift unloading the Lake & Rail grain elevator. The 160-year old profession was comprised of roughly…
https://youtube.com/shorts/t4OxK7Rsn3Q?si=BaodSMMFFJjJEcLb #OnThisDay In 1957, Erlanger Theatre, at 120 Delaware, is solid to Darwin R. Martin, son of Darwin D. Martin. Martin gutted the interior, converting it for commercial use, which it…
https://youtube.com/shorts/Scsbl1L44PE?si=6e_SoJyLmnpxKZN2 #OnThisDay In 1882, Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde gives a lecture at the former Academy of Music. His lecture was a matinee and he caught a train after…
https://youtube.com/shorts/cftoAzAkhSI?si=ZNwfwxy0K1mQoq0b #OnThisDay In 1887, the Buffalo Public Library is dedicated on Lafayette Square, built on the site of a former courthouse. The elegant Romanesque brick structure was designed by Cyrus Eidlitz,…
https://youtube.com/shorts/EN8xi5MsLLk?si=OTud0HxwPC9S20OY #OnThisDay In 1989, Buffalo Common Council passes their first Fair Housing bill, 30 years after cities like New York and Philadelphia had. Mayor Jimmy Griffin, whom had just been elected…