Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Pittsburgh/On this day/July 8
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- (1872) The lens from the Fitz-Clark refractor telescope of the Allegheny Observatory is stolen and subsequently held for ransom.
- (1938) The first Nationality Rooms, German, Russian, Scottish, and Swedish, are dedicated.