On this day, August 1

1876 Colorado was admitted as the 38th state.

1915 All steel mills in Pittsburgh were operating night and day to meet steel demands of nations at war.

1957 The Carnegie Institute of Technology announced that it was purchasing 8 acres of property fronting on Forbes Street near Morewood Avenue for faculty and student residences.

1971 The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, took place at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

1995 Westinghouse Electric Corp., in a major shift of business emphasis, purchased CBS for $5.4 billion. 2020 The coronavirus forced baseball’s 17th postponement in 10 days, prompting at least two more players to opt out of playing during the shortened season. Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).

— Compiled by Rick Nowlin Today’s birthdays: Singer Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, 90. Former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, R-N.Y., 84. Actor Giancarlo Giannini, 79. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams, 71. Blues singer-musician Robert Cray, 68. Singer Michael Penn, 63. Rock singer Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), 62. Rock singer-musician Suzi Gardner (L7), 61. Rapper Chuck D (Public Enemy), 61. Actor

Jesse Borrego, 59. Actor Demian Bichir, 58. Rapper Coolio, 58. Actor John Carroll Lynch, 58. Rock singer Adam Duritz (Counting Crows), 57. Movie director Sam Mendes, 56. Country singer George Ducas, 55. Actor Jennifer Gareis, 51. Actor Charles Malik Whitfield, 49. Actor Tempestt Bledsoe, 48. Actor Jason Momoa, 42. Actor Honeysuckle Weeks, 42. Singer Ashley Parker Angel, 40. Actor Taylor Fry, 40. Actor Elijah Kelley, 35.

Thought for today: “Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do.”

— Richard Hughes, Welsh author and

dramatist (1900-1976)