https://youtube.com/shorts/ydMmRvthcP8?si=EMt4GqoAKJ2IaOhT #OnThisDay In 1959, the Michael K. Tewksbury crashes into Michigan Avenue Bridge. An unexpected thaw caused ice sheets to break apart on Cazenovia Creek, pushing downstream in the Buffalo River.…

https://youtube.com/shorts/GlohI_a_960?si=QFGj1p6Z10hahcsX #OnThisDay In 1980, The Police perform at UB's Clark Gym with XTC as a part of their 1979-80 Regatta de Blanc Tour. This was the first show on which…

https://youtube.com/shorts/GKvo1k8xynk?si=8X0hct_RfNrRxmvP #OnThisDay In 1929, Buffalo Museum of Science is dedicated at 1020 Humboldt Parkway. The museum is designed in the neoclassical style by Esenwein & Johnson, with ornate terracota panels…

https://youtube.com/shorts/4_dt_sI6Hmo?si=qMNNPAiSNOzgA22i #OnThisDay In 1985, Blizzard of 1985 begins, dropping 33.2 inches of snow with winds reaching 53/mph. Nicknamed the "Six Pack Blizzard" after Buffalo Mayor Jimmy Griffin told citizne s…

https://youtube.com/shorts/S-3Q-8Xchi8?si=bkAU2LlHDRL-b2SX #OnThisDay In 1896, Construction on Hotel Lenox begins. Initially built as an 8-story apartment building, designed by Loverin & Whelan, it converted into a hotel in 1900 (likely for…

https://youtube.com/shorts/MLKTWmPuYKE?si=4bSFRwndmte1xTk- #OnThisDay In 1926, Shea's Buffalo, at 646 Main St., opens to the public, showing the film King of Main Street. In 1948, Loew's Theatres took over Shea's. It fell…

https://youtube.com/shorts/3KAycy0D0tA?si=9hMiSoqW4BuUclTN #OnThisDay In 1981, almost 2,000 people show up to Niagara Square to protest a Neo-nazi rally organized on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday by Karl Hand, who "expected more…

https://youtube.com/shorts/IauMFCwMWO4?si=RKFmjCHSCtfUcJFW #OnThisDay In 1970, a Domed stadium to accommodate Bills, Sabres and Bisons is announced to be built in Lancaster. Unfortunately, the project was doomed from the beginning, coming in with…