BUFFALO, N.Y. — 10 years ago this week:
As the Hamister Group was putting the final touches on it's $41 million conversion of the former National Fuel Gas headquarters in downtown Buffalo into the Hilton Garden Inn and apartments, the final coats of paint were being slapped on the Labatt six pack silos at Riverworks,.
The FCC voted to eliminate the so called black out rule which NFL teams to ban broadcasts of home games within a certain radius unless they sold out three days in advance.
It was also the same week the Bills eliminated EJ Manuel as their starting quarterback, replacing him with Kyle Orton, this week in 2014.
20 years ago this week:
The current President, George W. Bush, toured areas of the south hit by a slew of recent hurricanes while a Future President, Donald J. Trump, was at UB Amherst.
Trump, riding high at the time as the star of the popular television reality show The Apprentice, appeared as a distinguished speaker before a record crowd of 5,000 and donated his $250,000 speaking fee to local charities.
That same week a former president, Jimmy Carter, celebrated his 80th birthday, Carter is due to turn 100 on October 1.
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield died at the age of 82 this week in 2004
30 years ago this week:
One of Buffalo's preeminent banks, Marine Midland, was about to get a makeover including a change of its logo. The logo which had served the bank for decades and which might be recognized by generations of former customers is the also the subject of this week's News 2 you Pop Quiz. (For the answer watch the conclusion of the video attated to this story.)
Curious onlookers lined the streets to witness a funeral procession like none other seen locally and which reporter Rich Kellman described as being like "the morning entertainment replacing Geraldo and Maury," for many.
Following a rumble at Lancaster Speedway between the Outlaws and Hells Angels, in which a member of each motorcycle club was killed, hundreds of Outlaws descended on Buffalo's Lovejoy neighborhood where a service for their fallen comrade was held.
Among the crowds, many admitted they were there to see all the Harley Davidson motorcycles. That was also the story when similar crowds turned out to the see the procession held in Rochester that week for the member of the Hells Angles who was slain in the fight.
40 years ago this week:
Channel 2 reporter Phil Kavits traveled to Columbus, Ohio after hearing about how three young men from Buffalo had pooled their money to open a small restaurant offering wings and beef on weck near Ohio State University.
"We figured if they liked it so much in Buffalo they would definitely like it elsewhere," said Scott Lowery, one of the three entrepreneurs.
The menu featured a Beef on Weck sandwich for $1.95 and 10-cent wings.
To say the venture was successful would be an understatement, because what began as a single restaurant called "Buffalo Wild Wings and Weck" eventually became Buffalo Wild Wings, with close to 1,300 restaurants in 50 states and eight countries.
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