Portal:Pittsburgh/On this day/March 4

• (1681) The word "Pennsylvania" is 1^st used as the King signs the charter for Sylvania applied for by William Penn, King James II amends it to read Pennsylvania.
• (1825) For the 3rd time Albert Gallatin is offered the Treasury Secretary position-he declines.
• (1841) Thomas Ewing becomes Treasury Secretary.
• (1861) All papers hurridly publish extras with the Gazette: "There is no bravado, no irritating threats ... yet no language could more distinctly & emphatically declare his purpose, faithfully to execute the laws and maintain the Union in its integrity ..."
• (1869) The Pittsburgh Legal Journal begins publication, one of the 1^st dozen in the world & the 1^st west of the Atlantic Plain.
• (1869) James G. Blaine starts his 7-year tenure as Speaker of the House.
• (1921) The 1^st broadcast of a presidential inauguration is on-the-air from KDKA, along with Andrew Mellon appointed Treasury Secretary.
• (1923) Native industrialist Alexander Moore is appointed Ambassador to Spain.

• (1944) USS LST-734 is launched at Neville Island.
• (1953) The Allegheny Conference announces a "toll tunnel" under Mt. Washington eventually becoming the $143 million^ia Fort Pitt Tunnel.
• (1956) The Gulf Tower installs rooftop weather beacons.
• (1979) Penguins captain Orest Kindrachuk scores a hat trick at Denver.
• (1986) Robert Morris opens as 3 day host of the NEC tournament.

• (1988) In the 22^nd visit by a foreign leader, the Prince of Wales visits the city's "Remaking Cities Conference" at the Lawrence Convention Center.
• (1990) Penguins star Rob Brown scores his 7th hat trick his 3rd & the team's 10th of the season v Minnesota at the Igloo.
• (1991) Jim Leyland gets into a shouting match with Barry Bonds during spring training.
• (1998) Mellon Financial announces it will construct a $147 million^ia Client Service Center in downtown.
• (1998) Vonteego Cummings scores 37 as the Panthers lose to Villanova in the conference tournament in 3OT by a basket.
• (2006) Penguins star Mark Recchi scores a hat trick at the Igloo v Carolina.
• (2013) Pittsburgh International signs Airest Collezioni & announces $10.3 million^ia in improvements.
• (2014) Two days of protest conclude against UPMC on Grant Street.