First all aluminum building built in the world
                                  Alcoa Building                     Pittsburgh PA

First Black Quarterback in Big 10                  

                                Willie Thrower            New Kensington PA

First Black Pro Quarterback

                                Willie Thrower            New Kensington PA

First Black to win Outland Trophy 
                                             Calvin Jones    Steubenville Ohio

First Black to win Heisman Trophy

                       Ernest R "Ernie" Davis              New Salem PA

First Black mayor of Dayton Ohio

                                James Howell McGee     Steubenville Ohio

First Black mayor of Inglewood California
                               Ed Punkin Vincent               Steubenville Ohio

First Black professor to receive Tenure at Harvard University

                                Derrick Bell                            Pittsburgh PA

First Black journalist hired by network TV ABC
                                Malvin R Goode                   Homestead PA

First Black game show host 1976 Musical Chairs

                                Adam Wade                          Pittsburgh PA

 First computer designed bridge in US                  Pittsburgh PA

                                Fort Pitt Bridge

First State University Educational System 
                                Clark Kerr    U California       Pittsburgh PA

First EMT service                                                                                   Pittsburgh PA

              Freedom House Ambulance Service

              with medically trained personnel

First  Western Pennsylvania Ford Dealer

authorized by Henry Ford                                        Butler PA

First Gas Station       Gulf Oil                                   Pittsburgh PA

First Heart Liver Kidney Transplant 

                                  Presbyterian Hospital            Pittsburgh PA

First Mother's Day 1908                                          Grafton W Va

ACCESS - First ParaTransit system                       Pittsburgh PA

First Pro Football Game                                       Latrobe  PA

First publicly owned community Public TV Educational Station                                                                    Pittsburgh PA

First use of pull tab beer cans                                Pittsburgh PA

First radio Baseball play by play          KDKA         Pittsburgh PA

First radio music broadcast     Dr Frank Conrad    Pittsburgh PA

 
First radio Football play by play Harold Arlin KDKA Pittsburgh PA

World's first retractable dome roof,   Civic Arena    Pittsburgh PA

First steel and concrete baseball stadium               Pittsburgh PA

First Suspension Bridge                                         Uniontown PA

First Transcontinental airflight                                Pittsburgh PA

First community owned Public TV station               Pittsburgh PA

First synthesis of Vitamin C                                    Pittsburgh PA

First World Series                                                   Pittsburgh PA

First night World Series Game #4                          Pittsburgh PA

 
First Rolling Stones performance in America         Pittsburgh PA

First Black Heisman trophy winner, Ernie Davis    New Salem PA

First commercial Radio station, KDKA                   Pittsburgh PA

First Internet Emoticon, Smiley Scott Fahlman CMU Pittsburgh PA

First US theater for showing movies, Nickelodeon  Pittsburgh PA

First Treaty between America and the Indians        Pittsburgh PA

First economic stainless steel   Allegheny Ludlum   Pittsburgh PA

INVENTED HERE

Automatic Friction Clutch   Dr.Edwin J Fithian        Grove City

Abolitionist  Movement     Benjamin Lundy         St Clairsville Ohio

Round electric meter           Dr. Frank Conrad        Pittsburgh PA

World Team Tennis                                                 Pittsburgh PA

Airbrakes for Trains etc.    Westinghouse 1869       Swissvale PA

 
Arby's Roast Beef         Forrest & Leroy Raffel   Youngstown Ohio