Portal:Pittsburgh/On this day/January 8
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- (1759) Col. Mercer reports to his superiors he has 280 at Ft. Pitt.
- (1781) Ft. Pitt commander Gen. Hand is appointed Adj. Gen. of the Army, the 2nd of 4 Pittsburghers so honored.
- (1886) Westinghouse is founded on Garrison Pl. in the Cultural District.
- (1886) Pittsburgh Tube PTC Alliance is incorporated.
- (1887) The West Penn. School for Blind Children is founded.
- (1908) Alcoa breaks the union after a 2 month long strike as Local 8261 turns in its charter.
- (1918) The Pirates trade Burleigh Grimes to Brooklyn for 5 players that brought Casey Stengel back to Pittsburgh.
- (1932) Father Cox & his army of unemployed arrive home after a D.C. protest march.
- (1943) USS LST-29 is laid down at Neville Island.
- (1968) Pitt opens Hillman Library.
- (1976) Traffic is jammed for miles as the area gets 7" of snow.
- (1980) Walker v. Armco Steel Corp. is argued.
- (1984) 2,000 Kroger workers fill Soldiers & Sailors hall to vote to strike for the 54 area stores with 2,800 employees.
- (1987) After 4 months of proxy fights Carl Icahn announces he has given up his hostile takeover of US Steel.
- (1990) Penguins star Mario Lemieux scores his 25th hat trick, his 3rd & the teams 5th of the season at the Rangers.
- (1997) Six escape from Western Pen by digging a 30' tunnel. All are recaptured.
- (2001) At Washington, Penguins star Martin Straka scores his 4th career hat trick.
- (2006) Steelers star Kimo von Oelhoffen injures QB Carson Palmer on a clean hit in a wild-card win, leading to the NFL's "Kimo Rule".
- (2007) Vice President Cheney lands at Arnold Palmer Airport to visit Ligonier Twp..
- (2008) Goose Gossage is the only player elected to the hall of fame.
- (2012) The Steelers at Denver go into the 1st NFL non-sudden death OT in history but lose to Tim Tebow and the Broncos.