1997 Event Carolina Hurricanes 1st home game vs Pitts Penguins 1997 Event Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals 1997 Event FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia 1994 Event 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at 3 Rivers Stad, Pitts 1994 Death Denis Pitts, film-maker, journalist, novelist, wrote, 'This City is Ours', 'The Predator', dies at 64 1993 Event Doctors announce Pitts Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease 1991 Event Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists) 1991 Event Buffalo Bill Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns vs Pitts (52-34) 1991 Event Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th 1990 Event For 3rd time in 1990 a no-hitter is broken up with 2 outs in 8th inning. Doug Drabek of Pitts still beats Philadelphia 11-0 1989 Event Cold wave: -4 degrees F in Oklahoma City, -6 degrees F in Tulsa, -12 degrees F in Pitts, 1989 Event Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broadcaster 1983 Event New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pitts Penguins 1982 Event 1st New Jersey Devils game, tie the Pitts Penguins 3-3 at the Meadowlands 1980 Event Pitts Omar Moreno steals record 70 bases for 3rd consecutive season 1980 Event 3rd Islander scoreless tie-Penguins in Pitts 1974 Event 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts 1973 Birthday Andreas Johansson, Hofors SWE, NHL forward, Pitts, New York Islanders 1972 Death Roberto Clemente, slugger (Pitts Pirate), dies in a plane crash at 38 1972 Event Pitts Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (2:07) 1972 Birthday Darius Kasparaitis, Elektrenai Lit, NHL defenseman, Islanders, Pitts 1972 Birthday Ian Moran, born in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. hockey defenseman, Olympics-1994, Pitts 1971 Birthday Bryan Smolinski, born in Toledo, Ohio, NHL forward, Team USA, Pitts Penguins 1971 Birthday Petr Nedved, born in Libercec, Czechoslovakia, NHL center, Team Czechoslovakia, Pitts Penguins 1970 Event Pitts Pirate Doc Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0 1968 Event 1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3 1966 Birthday Kevin Hatcher, born in Detroit, Michigan, NHL defenseman, Team USA, Dallas, Pitts 1966 Birthday Luc Robitaille, Montreal, NHL left wing, New York Rangers, Pitts Penguins 1965 Birthday Dmitri Mironov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman, Pitts Penguins, Anaheim 1963 Birthday Allen Pitts, CFL slot back for the Calgary Stampeders 1963 Death Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65 1963 Birthday Charles Van Eman, Pitts, actor, Charlie-All My Children, Dynasty II 1958 Event University of Pitts agrees to buy Forbes Field from the Pirates 1957 Event New York Giants play and lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts) 1954 Birthday Daniel Seemiller, Pitts, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics 1952 Event Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base 1943 Event Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pitts for Babe Phelps and cash 1941 Birthday John Davidson, Pitts, TV host, Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible 1940 Event Trailing 7-1 in 9th to Pitts, Phils win 8-7 1940 Birthday Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1938 Event Only time brothers hit back-to-back home runs (Lloyd and Paul Waner, Pitts) 1936 Birthday Bill Mazeroski, MLB 2nd baseman, won 1960 World Series for Pitts 1934 Event Pitts ends Detroit Lions' shutout streak at 7 games but loses 40-7 1933 Event 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0 1930 Event Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with home runs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th) 1930 Birthday Denis Pitts, film-maker, journalist, novelist, wrote, 'This City is Ours', 'The Predator' 1921 Event 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) 1920 Birthday Bill Cullen, Pitts, TV game show host, over 20 different games 1918 Event Dodgers trade Casey Stengel and Cutshaw to Pitts for Grimes and Mamaux 1917 Birthday William Tracy, Pitts, actor, To the Shores of Tripoli 1916 Event Boston Brave's Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts, 2-0 1913 Event 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts) 1911 Event Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511 1907 Event Pitts Howie Camnitz no-hits New York Giants, 1-0 in 5 inning game 1906 Event Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game 1906 Event Bkln Dodger Harry McIntire no-hits Pitts for 10 2/3 loses in 13th 1902 Event Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1899 Birthday Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor, Broadway Melody, Little Giant 1898 Birthday ZaSu Pitts, Parsons Kansas, actress, Life With Father, Dames 1892 Event Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pitts Athletic CLub, 4-0 in football 1786 Event 1st newspaper published west of Alleghanies, Pitts Gazette
