November 20

November 20, 1811: The first lot in the 100 acre tract on the west side of the Genesee River is sold for $50 by Col. Rochester to Enos Stone, who had already constructed a log cabin there.

Sources and Further Reading:

1. History of Rochester and Monroe County, New York (1908); Peck, William F.; page 99-100

November 20, 1886: Rochester customers of the the Bell Telephone company initiate a telephone strike in response to the increase in rates to $50 for 500 messages and 6 cents per additional message. Most of the over 1000 subscribers hung up their receivers and the city council revoked the company's license to use of city streets for wire poles. The strike continued for over a year, without service, before a settlement was reached. 
     Dissatisfaction with the Bell company remained and eventually lead to the found of independent Rochester Telephone in 1899, which in the 1990's would become Frontier Corporation.
 
Sources and Further Reading:

1. History of Rochester and Monroe County, New York (1908); Peck, William F.; page 35
2. Wikipedia: Rochester Telephone (New York)