Portal:Pittsburgh/On this day/April 3

• (1769) A Philadelphia land office opens at 10 AM to sell 100 acres plots west of the Alleghenies at $1,109.8^ia.
• (1891) Council approves the choice of Schenley Park for the new Carnegie Library, Hall and Museums.
• (1905) CMU breaks ground on the 1^st buildings of its new Squirrel Hill campus.

• (1917) Jan Paderewski is the city's 4^th foreign visitor.
• (1947) Repairs to Stephen Fosters home is requested of Council.
• (1951) PRR's Freight Terminal & Warehouse is dedicated with Mayor Lawrence in attendance.
• (1960) A partial meltdown at a Westinghouse nuclear reactor in Sewickley Township.
• (1962) The PUC charters Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority.
• (1970) WQED-TV dedicated its new building at 4802 5^th Avenue in Oakland. The new building was constructed on land leased at $1 per year from CMU.
• (1978) The 1^st Volkswagen rolls off at VW Westmoreland, the 1^st foreign owned plant in the U.S.
• (1985) It's reported that Sunbeam gifts $227,771^ia to the Opera, with a pledge to raise $911,083^ia more in the next 2 seasons.
• (1989) Police respond as more than 500 Grateful Dead fans riot after a Civic Arena concert, making national news and featured by MTV News. The band would later release the Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 9 a complete recording of the 2 day concert.

• (1993) With a 5-3 win at Quebec, the Penguins secure their 1^st President's Trophy.
• (1994) A Wheeling 17 year old is hospitalized after being gang raped by as many as 9 men in Boydsville, Ohio.
• (1995) Mt. Washington's ALCOA sign becomes the Bayer sign.
• (2006) The Panther's 1^st Heisman candidate and a national champion & Rose Bowl winner, Marshall Goldberg dies at 88.