Rochester N.Y. - Today in History

1918: Rochester was doing it share to help support the troops during WWI during the Thanksgiving season.  This included recycling fr...

November 24, 1883: Rochesterians, including reporter and amateur astronomer Henry C. Maine, observe the "Red Light" or "Red S...

List of U.S. Presidents to Visit Rochester, N.Y. Visits of sitting presidents and president-elects: February 18, 1861 : President Abraha...

August 14, 1884: The body of Lt. Kislingbury, second in command of the Greely Arctic Expedition, is exhumed from Mount Hope Cemetery to inve...

August 10, 1889: The westbound Thousand Island Fast Express train on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad (ʺHojackʺ line) collides wi...

August 6, 1975: The Town Affiliation Association begins its three day conference celebrating Rochester's 18 year relation with our six s...

July 19,1878: The National Woman Suffrage Association holds its convention in Rochester, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Seneca Fall...