This basic principle, the first in a richly knotted bundle, was conveyed to me by Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr., at the University of Buffalo, where he heads the world's first department of anthropology and linguistics.

* 2008 – The first NFL game is played in Canada at Rogers Centre in Toronto as the Buffalo Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins 16 – 3.

The Wings finished first in the Western Conference and tied for first in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres, but the Sabres were awarded the Presidents ' Trophy by virtue of having the greater number of wins.

In a role-playing game context, it was first used by Flying Buffalo in the 1975 game Tunnels and Trolls, with previous usage in a wargaming context including Guidon Games 1973 ruleset, Ironclad.

He stopped first in Buffalo, New York, where his uncle, Lewis W. Allen gave him a clerical job.

Their first playoff game was against the Buffalo Bills at Buffalo.

The steamship Walk in Water, built in Buffalo, was the first steamship on Lake Erie.

The first such game offered via major e-mail services was WebWar II ( based on Starweb and licensed from Flying Buffalo ) from Neolithic Enterprises who accepted e-mail turns from all of the major E-Mail services including CompuServe in 1983.

His first race was at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, New York.

Kemp was the first Super Bowl commentator who was still an active player ( with Buffalo of the AFL ) at the time of the broadcast.

Led by quarterback Terry Bradshaw and the Steel Curtain defense, the Steelers advanced to their first Super Bowl after posting a 10-3-1 record season record and playoff victories over the Buffalo Bills and the Oakland Raiders.

While the Steelers defeated the Buffalo Bills, 32-14, in the first round, the favored Dolphins lost to the Oakland Raiders, 28-26, giving up Raiders running back Clarence Davis ' 8-yard touchdown reception with 26 seconds remaining in the game with a play now known as the Sea of Hands.

The Bengals went on to win their first ever playoff game by defeating the Buffalo Bills, 28-21, and then defeated San Diego Chargers, 27-7, in a game known as the Freezer Bowl because of the-59 windchill conditions at Riverfront Stadium.

However, Buffalo scored a touchdown on their first drive of the period with a five-yard run by Thurman Thomas.

Ingram caught a short pass and broke five Buffalo tackles to get the first down and keep the drive alive.

Buffalo then took over and stormed down the field, advancing 63 yards in just four plays and scoring on a 31-yard burst from running back Thurman Thomas on the first play of the fourth quarter, regaining the lead at 19-17.

With about a little over a minute left in the first half, Buffalo barely avoided another turnover when running back Kenneth Davis recovered a fumbled handoff from Reich.

Buffalo then forced Dallas to punt, but on the first play of the Bills ' ensuing possession Dallas safety James Washington forced Thomas to fumble and safety Darren Woodson recovered the ball at midfield.

However, Dallas cornerback Dave Thomas was penalized for running into the punter on the play, giving Buffalo a first down.

During Cowher's first year, the Steelers captured the # 1 AFC playoff Seed with an 11 – 5 regular season record, but were eliminated in their first playoff game against the Buffalo Bills, 24-3.

He played with Buffalo in all four of their Super Bowl losses Super Bowl XXV through XXVIII and with Denver's first Super Bowl win the year before.

* 1892 – Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The first basketball court: Springfield College

* 1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.

* The Quadrangle, a group of five museums in Springfield, Massachusetts, including the United States ' first planetarium ( 1931 ,) and the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden.

After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School ( now called Springfield College ), the game quickly became known as volleyball ( it was originally spelled as two words: " volley ball ").

His first job was as a grocery store clerk in Springfield, at the age of 15.

* July 21 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots Dave Tutt dead in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.

* September 21 – Brothers Charles and Frank Duryea drive the first gasoline-powered motorcar in America on public roads in Springfield, Massachusetts.

* January 20 – At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played.

* March 6 – The first frozen foods of Clarence Birdseye go on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts.

* June 1 – Edward Lyon Buchwalter, Captain of American Civil War, President of Superior Drill Company, President of American Seeding Machine Company and first President of The Citizens National Bank of Springfield, Ohio ( d. 1933 )

Other projects that Olmsted has been involved in include the country's first and oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways in Buffalo, New York ; the country's oldest state park, the Niagara Reservation in Niagara Falls, New York ; one of the first planned communities in the United States, Riverside, Illinois ; Mount Royal Park in Montreal, Quebec ; the Emerald Necklace in Boston, Massachusetts ; the Emerald Necklace of parks in Rochester, New York ; Belle Isle Park, in the Detroit River for Detroit, Michigan ; Presque Isle Park in Marquette, Michigan ; the Grand Necklace of Parks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Cherokee Park and entire parks and parkway system in Louisville, Kentucky ; the Forest Park in Springfield, Massachusetts, featuring America's first public " wading pool "; the George Washington Vanderbilt II Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina ; the master plans for the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University near Palo Alto, California ; and Montebello Park in St. Catharines, Ontario.

The first American postcard was developed in 1873 by the Morgan Envelope Factory of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Present day Springfield was first settled in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state.

* Springfield, Massachusetts, the first Springfield settled in America

In 1645, 46 years before the Salem witch trials, Springfield, Massachusetts experienced America's first accusations of witchcraft when husband and wife, Hugh and Mary Parsons, accused each other of witchcraft.

In Season 17 (" The Seemingly Never-Ending Story "), a flashback showed that Krabappel was in a serious relationship with Moe Szyslak when she first moved to Springfield, before meeting Skinner or even becoming a teacher.

He graduated first in his class of seven million at ' Caltech ' — Calcutta Technical Institute — going on to earn his doctorate at the Springfield Heights Institute of Technology ( S. H. I. T .).

Bob escapes from prison for the first time in " Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming " ( season seven, 1995 ), and threatens to blow up Springfield with a nuclear bomb unless the city stops broadcasting all television shows.

While waiting for the completion of a new arena in Hartford, the Whalers played the first part of the season at The Big E Coliseum in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

* 30-06 Springfield ( 7. 62 × 63mm ): The standard US Army rifle cartridge for the first half of the 20th century.

The county's first railroad was constructed between 1850 – 1854, a line that ran from Springfield to Delaware and crossed through the county in Milford, Marysville, Irwin, and Dover.