Portal:Pittsburgh/On This Day/October 30 - Msha Portals

(1884) The Pirates buy the roster of the bankrupt but 2^nd place Columbus Colts & disbands them for $159,933^ia.
(1889) Mary Schenley--heiress of city father James O'Hara & 40 years after eloping with British Admiralty & leaving the U.S.--gifts 300 acres for Schenley Park.

(1911) President Taft visits 15,000 at Forbes Field for a MSHA show.
(1938) War of the Worlds broadcast airs with global reports of a city housewife attempting suicide by poison being saved by her husband.
(1941) At the Syria Mosque the NNOC gives its 1^st ever performance.
(1943) A navy plane explodes over Greensburg killing all 4 airmen.

(1952) Gov. Stevenson visits 25,000 at Hunt Armory & makes world news calling Gen. Eisenhower the "depression party" leader.

(1972) George McGovern visits WTAE studios for a televised interview, then tells a Democratic William Penn dinner that Nixon should "take your bungling, bugging burglars & get out of the White House!" then admits that his wife thought that was "too strong" & asks "how many people thought it was too strong?" to applause.
(1975) KDKA shocks fans by firing Bob Prince & Nellie King, Prince announces the Penguins until returning to the 1985 Pirates.
(1977) Terry Bradshaw throws 5 picks in a shocking Steelers loss at Baltimore.
(1980) Gov. Reagan visits with his truth squad.
(1984) John Glenn visits the Station Square Sheraton.
(1990) After 13 years in health coverage, Highmark registers as a life insurer.

(1990) Sec. Cheney visits the World Affairs Council for a nationally televised address.

(1992) Gov. Clinton visits Market Square & remarks for the 1^st time on the Weinberger memo.
(1996) PittsburghPirates.com goes online.

(1996) VP Gore visits Steelworkers Plaza & exclaims: "I want to tell you something about that bridge to the 21^st century. We're gonna build it out of Pittsburgh steel."
(2001) The NSF grants $13.5Â million^ia to the University of Pittsburgh & Carnegie Mellon to develop the NVO.
(2003) Get Fuzzy sparks regional outrage & City Hall denouncements after running a travel agent handing Bucky a Pittsburgh brochure for requesting destinations "based primarily on smell".

(2009) Sens. Casey & Spector announce $4.47Â million^ia for Northside development as CMU dedicates the Randy Pausch footbridge & REI opens its 2nd area store, a 2 story 26,000 sq. foot complex at Settlers Ridge.
(2011) The Pirates lose Ryan Ludwick & Derrek Lee to free agency.
(2012) Sandy arrives in the area in the early morning.
(2013) The regions 1^st full service Tim Hortons opens at South Strabane, 4 years after its 1^st at CONSOL.

Fito Adeno.