Portal:Pittsburgh/On this day/June 3

• (1754) Ft. Necessity is completed by 150 Virginians & Col. Washington.
• (1763) Indians torch homes during the Siege of Ft. Pitt.
• (1861) 100 miles up the Mon forces stop the Confederates at Philippi.
• (1922) The $92.9 million^ia Schenley Quad is announced as a "galaxy of the finest & most modern metropolitan structures".
• (1927) Carrick is annexed.
• (1931) The 45 acre Chatham Village is announced as the 1^st low-rent US planned housing complex.
• (1935) After sparring with Council, Mayor McNair builds a bed inside his barricaded City Hall office as the Assembly votes to abolish his position.
• (1937) Grays star Josh Gibson hits the world's longest homer at 580', 2' shy of clearing Yankee Stadium.
• (1943) Mayor Scully's drivers license is revoked for 3 months after he violated gas rations in a 350-mile "secret" West Virginia trip while keeping 3 ration books and driving with an expired ration sticker.
• (1946) The CLO opens its 1^st 8-week summer season for 5,000 at Pitt Stadium.
• (1948) Pitt announces $212 million^ia for a library & nursing & med schools.
• (1951) Syria Mosque broadcasts the world's 1^st live network show including the Ed Sullivan Toast of the Town show.
• (1952) Pittsburgh International lands its 1^st passengers, Capital 871 from New Orleans at 1:15 AM.
• (1958) The $80 million^ia Glenwood Bridge & the $42.1 million^ia E. Pittsburgh Viaduct start construction.
• (1968) Valerie Solanas shoots Andy Warhol.
• (1970) Gen. Mellon dies at 70.
• (1975) J&L Steel laysoff another 1,000 at Southside.
• (1985) The Pirates draft Barry Bonds 6^th overall.
• (1988) US Steel closes Vandergrift after 93 years, laying off 160 a decade after employing 500 & 4 decades after employing 4,000.
• (1991) Giant Eagle ends a 6 week strike.
• (1996) Residents from McKeesport to Brighton Heights are awakened by 200 night-training Fort Bragg soldiers & helicopters.
• (2000) The 1^st annual Wings Over Pittsburgh starts.
• (2005) The 2 week Senior Olympics open for 10,000+ in 18 sports at the Pete.
• (2008) In the early morning Penguins stay alive and force a game 6 after 3 OTs on a Petr Sykora goal.
• (2009) Delta takes off for Paris from Pittsburgh International, 4 years after the last transatlantic.
• (2012) The Pirates win 6-5 in Milwaukee with 7 homers in 4 innings for a winning record.