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Jumonville is killed
When Washington and the troops of the British stormed the Fort Duquesne. In the process of fighting, Commander Joseph Coulon de Jumonville was killed. His body was buried soon after. -
Fort Neccessity is built
After Jumonville was attacked, Washington was expecting to be attacked. So, he and the rest of the troops built Fort Necessity. -
Mary Jemison is captured
15 year old Mary Jemison and her family are captured and taken captives by the Native Indians. They decide to take her and keep her in her tribe. -
Smallpox ravages Natiive American tribes
A British soldier put smallpox on blankets and gave them to the Indian. Soon, tribes were decimating due to members becoming real sick and dying. -
General Forbes wins Fort Duquesne
The British win over Fort Duquesne after defeating the French. The French were low on soldiers and provisions, so they couldn’t fight as well. -
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Pittsburgh Gazette founded by John Scull, 1st newspaper west of the Alleghenies. -
Pittsburgh Becomes City
Pittsburgh becomes a city; Major Ebenzer Denny is 1st Mayor -
Great Pittsburgh Fire of 1845
Great Fire destroys much of the city and leaves 12,000 residents homeless. -
Formation of US Steel
J.P Morgan and Elbert H. Gray -
Luna Park/Kennywood Park opens
Luna Park in Pittsburgh PA closes when it is burnt down to the ground. Far away in West Mifflin, Kennywood Park debuts its opening. -
First drive-in service station
This event was with the Gulf station in Pittsburgh. Prior to the construction of the first Gulf station in Pittsburgh and the countless filling stations that followed throughout the United States, automobile drivers pulled into almost any old general or hardware store, or even blacksmith shops in order to fill up their tanks -
8XK- (KDKA), Dr. Frank Conrad, 1st radio broadcast
Frank Conrad of Wilkinsburg was Engineer of Westinghouse Electric. He was interested in technology and build a transmitter. He used the second-floor of his home and made an underground radio station. HE named if 8-X-K which it was then called KDKA. -
St. Patrick's Day flood
On March 17 and 18 in 1936, due to the heating tempature, ice ans snow melted into the Allagheny amd Monongahela rivers. That caused flooding within the downtown region. Cars and buildins are underwater and there are thousands of daollars in danages. -
Westinghouse Atom Smasher
The atom smasher was a centerpeice of a large-scale program in nuclear physics. Engineers developed a 5 million volt van de graaf generator. The 5 million volts served as a voltage source to accelerate these particles down a vacuum tube extending from the top of the pear-shaped pressure vessel to a target 47 feet below. -
Blizzard
Snow from the Appalacian mountains came down to the northern parts of America, hitting Pittsburgh just as hard. There was snow up to the tops of cars. 5000 cars were stranded, causing the trolleys to be blocked in. In total 30.5 inches of snow fell to the ground. -
Dr. Jonas Salk
On 1954, Dr, Jonas Salk of the Univeristy of Pittsburgh created a vaccine on polio. To test this vaccine could help prevent the deadly illness, he tested on his family first then over 100 kids. -
Harvey Haddix
Harvey Haddix from the Pittsburgh Pirates became the first pitcher to throw 12 perfect innings. This was the recod in baseball history. -
Pirates win World Series
The baseball world series in 1960. It was teams Pittsburgh Piratese and the New York Yankees. Bill Mazeroski won the game for the Pirates with an outstanding homerun. It was the greatest moment in Pittsburgh history. -
Hill District riots
After the slaying of Martin Luther King Jr. Residents in the Hill District go on a riot to protest. After the turmoil has ended there was major damages. 505 fires, the death of a woman, and $620,00 in damages. There were thefts and trade losses because of it. -
Heinz Hall opens
The performing arts school was once a movie palace that was converted to a music and perfoming arts school and orcherstra house. It seats 2,767 people and presents 200 performances a year. Construction started in 1926. -
Sophie Masloff becomes mayor
After former Mayor Caliguiri dies in May of 1988 Sophie was elected to be mayor. She is the first woman who happens to be a Jew to become mayor. -
F1 tornado touches down in Mt. Washington
In Summer of 1998 an F1 tornado hits Mt. Washington. It touched down in Westmoreland county, Hazelwood, Rankin, and Donegal. Houses were torn down in the storm. -
August Wilson dies
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 27, 1945, August Wilson grew up in Pittsburgh's Hill District. After leaving school at 15, Wilson joined the black aesthetic movement of the 1960s and became co-founder of the Black Horizons Theater. He dies October 2, 2005. -
G-20 Summit
The people from the summit decide to have their annual meeting on finances of the nation as well as the world at the David L. Lawrence convention center. It was the first time in history. -
The Point fountain re-opens
After 4 years of rehabilitation, the Point fountain is back open. This happened during the 2013 Arts and Music festival. Many people were excited to see this monumental enjoyment was back and running again.
