Rochester N.Y. - Today in History

  November 23, 1885: The first class, in mechanical drawing, was held at the Mechanic's Institute, which would later become RIT.  In ...

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...

November 13, 1829: Sam Patch died attempting a second jump from 125 feet over Rochester's High Falls on Friday, the 13th of November. He...

November 8, 1803: Col. Nathaniel Rochester, Maj. Charles Carroll, and Col. William Fitzhugh lease the 100 acre tract along the west bank of ...

November 6, 1948: The Rochester Royals, in their first home game after joining the Basketball Association of American (which would later ...

November 5, 1872: Susan B. Anthony and eight other females cast votes in the election. A warrant for their arrest would be issued the follow...

November 1, 1960: A week before the election, Vice President Richard Nixon delivers a speech at the Rochester War Memorial Auditorium during...