November 15, 1900 (Thursday)
- Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University) had its genesis with the donation of one million dollars by Andrew Carnegie to the city of Pittsburgh, to build a college on land provided by the city. The buildings of the Carnegie Technical Schools were constructed at Schenley Park over the next several years, and on October 16, 1905, the first 120 engineering students were admitted.
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