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Thousands of persons of all faiths, attending the county fair. Joined in a peace demonstration as Great Britain declared war on Nazi Germany.
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Bedford Dwellings, the first large federal public housing development, was completed.
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Pittsburgh was shocked over the surprise attack on Pear Harbor
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First "blackout" practice took place.
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United Steel Workers' wage policy committee, meeting at William Penn Hotel, accepted a 44-cents-a-day wage increase granted by War Labor Board to employees of "Little Steel" firms.
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In a mass rally outside the East Pittsburgh plant, 20,000 employees of Westinghouse reaffirmed a no-strike pledge for duration of the war.
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A survey showed that war contracts completed to date or underway in Pittsburgh district plants totaled $903,398,644, with $322,000,000 of it delivered to the front lines.
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Thousands of Monday night Christmas shoppers were stranded Downtown by a 15-inch snowfall; all hotels were filled to capacity and lobbies were pressed into service as shelter; mills, schools, and many other activities were forced to suspend for two days.
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Dr. John G. Bowman the nation's highest-paid educator of the day at $31,500 a year, resigned after 15 years as chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Rufus H. Fitzgerald, vice-chancellor, was designated his successor.
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The city marked the 100th anniversary of its great fire of 1845 with a parade and pageantry.
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The city and county governments, business, schools, and all other activities were suspended, all churches scheduled special prayer services, and Mayor Scully asked all amusement places to close in mourning for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Dr. Paul R. Anderson, dean of Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin, was elected president of Pennsylvania College for Women to succeed Dr. Herbert L. Spencer.
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Russian labor leaders arrived to tour the district's steel mills.
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The city was jubilant over the surrender of Japan.
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Pittsburgh district industries laid off 7000 workers as the first cancellation of a war contract became effective.
