Portal:Pittsburgh/On this day/February 29
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- (1916) The International Indoor Skating Championship "races" are held in the city.
- (1940) David O. Selnick's Gone With the Wind sweeps the Oscars, claiming 8, including Best Picture, with the 1st ever award for Best Cinematography and the 1st ever African American to win an Oscar.
- (1956) The Wall Street Journal leads the story of President Eisenhower's decision to seek re-election by reporting it from the reactions at the Duquesne Club in downtown.
- (1984) The $69.7 billionia in revenue Gulf Oil Corporation shocks the local economy by formally soliciting bidders to buy the company after months of fighting off T. Boone Pickens, signaling that the city will most probably lose its largest corporate headquarters.
- (1988) The Dukes play their last Civic Arena home game, a one basket loss to St. Bonaventure.
- (1992) RMU wins its regular season conference title at Long Island.
- (2004) Syracuse ends the Panthers' 40 game home win streak by a single basket, 34 games in a row to open the Pete, 3rd best in NCAA history.
- (2008) Steelers announcer Myron Cope is laid to rest as great Buddy Dial dies at 71.
