Portal:Pittsburgh/On this day/April 27

• (1855) Dollar Savings incorporates later to be Dollar Bank.
• (1904) A B&O train explosion at Braddock kills 10.
• (1912) VP Sherman, Congressman Burke & Lt. Gov. Reynolds attend the Pirates game at Forbes Field as they beat Cincinnati 23-4.
• (1916) A strike of 24,000 miners is settled.
• (1937) Arguments in James v. Dravo Contracting Co. close after 2 days.
• (1939) After 5 years of planning the $30.3 million^ia widening & rebuilding of Bigelow Blvd. to 4 lanes starts.
• (1941) The 1st Washingtonian (B&O train) pulls into PLERR station.
• (1954) At Cincinnati, Pirates stars Toby Atwell & Jerry Lynch hit back-to-back homers in both the 6th & 8th.
• (1969) Henry Kissinger, Frank Borman & Li Choh-ming receive honorary degrees from the University of Pittsburgh during commencement ceremonies, held for the 1^st time at the Civic Arena.
• (1971) At Three Rivers v the Dodgers, Pirates star Willie Stargell sets the MLB record with his 11^th April homer.
• (1978) A morning landslide sends 500 yards³ of shale & sandstone onto I-376 from the Blvd. of the Allies above, injuring a motorist.
• (1980) The Pennsylvanian starts service to Penn Station with from Harrisburg, Philadelphia & New York.
• (1981) Mayor Caliguiri sues New Orleans & the Superdome at the US Courthouse to stop interference with Stadium Authority's lease dispute with the Pirates, an off day for the club.
• (1984) Sunbeam holds its annual shareholders meeting & formally announces the $228 million^ia EQT Tower.
• (1990) At San Diego, Pirates star Wally Backman is the 1^st to get 6 hits in an NL game in 15 years.
• (1992) Gov. Clinton & Hillary visit downtown's United Steelworkers plaza with Mayors Masloff & Flaherty and Senators Harkin & Wofford as Jerry Brown visits Washington & New Kensington.
• (1993) Pirates ace Tim Wakefield hurls a decade record 172 v Atlanta & ties Fernando Valenzuela's 1987 mark.
• (2003) Treasury Sec. O'Neill gives the commencement for the University of Pittsburgh.
• (2004) News of Sen. Kerry flying in his hairstylist for a $1,286^ia cut a week earlier makes national comedy shows.
• (2005) In a Three Rivers shutout win v Houston, Pirates ace Jose Mesa is the 19^th in MLB history to get his 300^th save.
• (2010) Pirates star Ryan Doumit hits a grand slam at Milwaukee to snap a 22 game series losing streak, the longest since Baltimore lost 27 straight at Cleveland in the 1950s.
• (2011) Book:Pittsburgh goes live on Wikipedia.
• (2013) Penguins star James Neal scores a hat trick v Carolina at Consol, the teams 3^rd of the season for an 8-3 win in the season finale as Crosby finishes 4 points behind Martin St. Louis for the Art Ross & 2 in the assists race as Chris Kunitz finishes 8 behind for points.