BUFFALO, N.Y. — 10 years ago this week:
The historically aligned canals at canalside were still under construction, bogged down by a legal dispute. While the canals were eventually completed, the former site of Memorial Auditorium is still not entirely developed despite numerous promises by state officials to complete the task by now.
Hofbräuhaus announced plans to brings a restaurant to Buffalo and after numerous delays finally did so.
New York remained the only state in the nation with a ban on mixed martial arts but would eventually lift the prohibition on the sport in 2016.
20 years ago this week:
Same sex couples in Massachusetts exchanged vows when that state became the first to legalize gay marriage.
New York, leaders of which often boast of "leading the way", wouldn't follow suit for another 7 years
The Buffalo News had a new look after a $40 million investment in new printers which are now silent as the paper is now printed in Cleveland.
Ground was broken for the construction of the Seneca Niagara casino hotel in Niagara Falls, actor Tony Randall died at age 84, and the last episode of Frasier aired this week in 2004.
30 years ago this week:
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority announced plans to sell bonds to the public to help pay for a renovated and expanded airport.
A court case began in a young woman's fight to become the first female cadet in the history of The Citadel. Her protracted legal battle led her to become a household name at the time and she is also the subject of this week's News 2 you Pop Quiz (the answer to which can be found at the conclusion of the video attached to this story).
President Clinton nominated Stephen Breyer to become the next Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. As NBC noted in its coverage of the nomination being sent to the US Senate, "from conservative republicans to liberal democrats not a discouraging word could be heard about Breyer today".
The nomination was eventually carried 87-9, during an era when members of the opposite party would routinely cross lines to support judicial nominations in stark contrast to today.
40 years ago this week:
Lindy Ruff wasn't coaching the Sabres, but still playing for them.
The main Buffalo post office had new machines that could sort mail at 28,000 pieces per hour utilizing bar code technology which was still relatively new,
Larry Norton piloted the morning airwaves on 97 Rock and the late NYS Assemblyman Bill Hoyt was working to establish a bike path along Scajaquada Creek to connect the Niagara River to Delaware Park where today Hoyt Lake is named in his honor.
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