Portal:Pittsburgh/On this day/January 29
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- (1902) The Biddle Brothers break out of jail with the help of Kate Soffel.
- (1936) The baseball writers association finalizes the inaugural class of the hall of fame with Honus Wagner.
- (1961) Max Carey is elected to the hall of fame.
- (1967) Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner are elected to the hall of fame.
- (1974) The Steelers conduct the world's best sports draft, choosing 4 future hall of famers over the 1st 5 rounds--with no team yet even achieving 3. Jack Lambert, Franco Harris, Lynn Swann & John Stallworth are all inducted by 2002.
- (1981) The decade long corporate feud & intrigues between Westinghouse & Gulf Oil with accusations of cornering the nuclear energy markets is resolved with $71.8 millionia to Westinghouse at the Federal Courthouse. The battle proves to fatally wound both Fortune 100 corporations & within a generation both are swallowed by conglomerates (Chevron-Texaco & CBS/Siemens respectively) & removed from the city.
- (1984) Busch Gardens holds open auditions at Duquesne University.
- (1984) The 5th & last Pittsburgh Open closes at Mellon Park.
- (1990) The region's 2nd Olive Garden opens in Greentree.
- (2007) Mark Madden drives himself to the hospital after suffering a heart attack after a charity hockey game.
- (2014) President Obama visits the Irvine Works of US Steel with Mayors Peduto and Fitzgerald to sign the myRA into law, as Steve Wozniak visits Heinz Hall and Robert Morris University.