Pittsburgh Firsts

First heart,liver,kidney transplant - December 3,1989
at Presbyterian University Hospital.

The First Internet Emoticon - The Smiley was the first
internet emoticon, created in 1980 by Carnegie Mellon
University computer scientist Scott Fahlman.

First Bingo Game - Hugh J. Ward first came up with the
concept of bingo in Pittsburgh and later took it nationwide
in 1924.He secured a copywright on the game and wrote a
book of Bingo rules in 1933.