BUFFALO, N.Y. — 10 years ago this week:
A growing number parents, frustrated by the state's common core curriculum, were opting their children out of state standardized tests.
Dominik Hasek was inducted into the Buffalo Sabres hall of fame.
Ralph Wilson, founder of the Buffalo Bills and up to that point the only owner of the team in its history, died at the age of 95.
20 years ago this week:
Howard Carmack the so called "Buffalo Spammer" was put on trial after sending out 853 million junk e-mails. At the time there were no laws against that, however prosecutors alleged he falsely used the identities of two people to send the spam, thus running a foul of what was then a brand new state law which made identity theft a crime.
Carmack, the first person to be prosecuted under the state's identity theft statute, was convicted and sentenced to prison.
30 years ago this week:
Radio shock jock Howard Stern launched a campaign for Governor of New York promising to primarily fight for two issues. Both measures, which the state would actually come to adopt, are the subject of this weeks News 2 You Pop Quiz (for the answer watch the conclusion of the video attached to this story).
The Comet, a rollercoaster which provided thrills to generations of visitors to Crystal Beach amusement park before that park closed, was being reassembled at its new home at Six Flags Great Escape in Lake George, NY where you can still ride it today.
Seven members of the Hartford Whalers in Buffalo for a game with the Sabres found themselves instead in court after being arrested for a brawl at Jim Kelly's Network nightclub. That same week an even stranger story surrounded Alexander Mogilny and the alleged attempt by one of those who helped him defect from the USSR to extort him. Mogilny agreed to pay the money but called police instead who arrested the man,
40 years ago this week:
Robert Irsay, owner of the NFL Baltimore Colts, loaded up the Mayflower moving trucks in the middle of the night and moved the team to Indianapolis.
With New York's primary approaching, remaining democrats seeking that party's nomination for president all came to Buffalo. While here, eventual nominee Walter Mondale took questions from a 10 year old, wearing a cub scout uniform, who told Channel 2 he desired to someday go to college and become a reporter. Today that budding reporter, Tom Puckett, is a newscaster familiar to listeners of WBEN radio.
70 years ago this week:
One of the greatest tragedies to ever unfold in Western New York's history occurred when 15 children died in a fire at Cleveland Hill Elementary School in Cheektowaga.
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