- (1779)[2]
- (1804) Council makes the first amendments to the decade old founding charter.[3]
- (1902) The third most snowfall up to this time--15 inches--falls on the city.
- (1921) James Davis begins his 10 years as Sec. of Labor, serving under 3 presidents.
- (1925) The Duquesne Duke begins publication atDuquesne University.
- (1933) President Roosevelt announces a bank holiday as both Mellon Financial and PNC Bank, as well as the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange leave nervous account holders waiting outside locked doors.
- (1934) Gus Greenlee arrives in Morals Court [4]
- (1939) Legendary Panthers head coach Jock Sutherland announces his retirement, it will be 15 seasons until the program recovers with a Bowl Game appearance.
- (1942) The Dravo Corporation becomes the first corporation to receive the All-Navy "E" Award.
- (1956) The Dukes play their last game at theDuquesne Gardens a four basket win over St. Bonaventure. [5]
- (1962) Griggs v. Allegheny County is decided by 6-2 landmark U.S. Supreme Court case establishing that airports are liable for noise pollution.
- (1977) The Dukes are crowned conference tournament champions.
- (1996) The Igloo crowd goes wild as Penguins starPetr Nedved scores a 4 goal hat trick against Winnipeg.
- (1999) Penguins star Jaromir Jagr records his 500th career assist in a 2-2 tie with Edmonton.
- (2002) Howland is named big east coach of the year as Brandin Knight shares MVP honors.[6]
- (2002) President Bush announces steel tariffs of 8-39%.
- (2008) Suburban Robert Morris University hosts the week long NEC basketball tournament. [7]
- (2010) Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is accused of assault [8]
- (2012) womens conference [9]
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