Portal:Pittsburgh/On this day/April 12

• (1861) Messengers "running hither & thither, keeping up communications with the various printing offices, the telegraph office, & other sources of correct information." as Ft. Sumter news shocks the city with dispatches read between plays at the Wood St. Theater. "At the close, a patriotic individual arose in the audience, exclaiming, 'I'm a Democrat! But three cheers for Maj. Anderson!"
• (1867) The Monongahela Incline charters.
• (1867) Bill Bullock dies during an operation after one of his own inventions crushes his leg.
• (1873) The $3 million^ia USS Marietta is sold out of the navy.
• (1900) A 4 floor brick building at 2^nd & Wood collapses burying several as rescue crews recover 3 dead & 6 injured.
• (1927) Lloyd Waner makes his Pirate debut in left field for the Pirates. His brother Paul, was in right field in the Bucs' 2–1 win at Cincinnati.
• (1935) The Monongahela House, home to several Presidents & other dignitaries, as well as the founding convention of the Republican Party, closes for the last time.
• (1937) The Pirates and White Sox played an exhibition game with a new “dead ball” the league was experimenting.
• (1937) The landmark NLRB v. J&L Steel is decided.
• (1945) President Roosevelt dies as wives at the William Penn's ballroom burst into tears as buses & trolleys pause for a moment of silence & many businesses close.

• (1955) Successful polio vaccine results are announced by Dr. Salk.
• (1958) Branch Rickey's friend President Eisenhower recommends the Pirates sign Preston Bruce‚ the son of the White House doorkeeper, and assign him to Class D Salem.
• (1965) “Beetles” Bailey hit a walk-off homer to give Bob Veale a 1-0 win in 10 over the Giants’ Juan Marichal (both guys went the distance) at Forbes Field.
• (1966) The Pirates win 3-2, beating the Atlanta Braves in their--and the South's--1^st ever game, Willie Stargell hit a 2 run, 2 out homer in the 13th.
• (1970) A month before his fatal car crash Penguins rookie Michel Brière scores the teams 1^st OT goal, winning the city's 1^st NHL playoff series.
• (1980) Ted Stepien buys the Cavaliers.
• (1985) Bill Mazeroski throws out the season's 1^st pitch at Three Rivers as John Candelaria saves the win v St. Louis.
• (1995) Dicesare-Engler announces they will be the 1^st major ticket seller to go online.
• (2002) The Mon-Fay opens segments connecting Jefferson Hills to I-70.
• (2002) Sammy Sosa sets the PNC Park homer record with a 484' blast.
• (2007) II-VI foundation incorporates.
• (2007) Falconi Field is renamed for CONSOL.

• (2009) Ambridge's Rader family receive a call from the White House that their dog's son Bo is the new "First Dog".
• (2009) With runners on the move from 1st & 2nd, the Reds' Edwin Encarnacion's soft liner liner to Pirates' SS Jack Wilson was turned into a triple play (Wilson-Sanchez-LaRoche), the Bucs' 1st since 1993.
• (2011) PittMoss incorporates.