A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"
Timeline
1792 George Anschutz constructs first blast furnace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1920 In the United StatesUnited States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a...
, KDKA AM of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (owned by Westinghouse) starts broadcasting as a commercial radio stationRadio station A radio station is an audio broadcasting [i] service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves [i] ...
. The first broadcast was the results of the U.S. presidential election, 1920.
1921 The first religious radioRadio Radio is the wireless transmission of signals [i], by modulation [i] of electromagnetic waves [i] ...
broadcast (KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
1954 The first mass vaccinationVaccination Vaccination is the process of administering weakened or dead pathogens to a healthy person, with the int...
of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1992Pittsburgh International AirportPittsburgh International Airport Pittsburgh International Airport is situated in the Pittsburgh [i] suburb of Findlay Township [i] ...
's new facility is opened in Findlay Township, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The new terminal is built as an expansion for U.S. Air and an upgrade from the older Pittsburgh International AirportPittsburgh International Airport Pittsburgh International Airport is situated in the Pittsburgh [i] suburb of Findlay Township [i] ...
facility.
1995 Black motorist Johnny Gammage dies of asphxyation, after being stopped by police in the nearly all-white PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [i] in the United States [i] ...
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