Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Pittsburgh/On this day/February 28
![Pitt's Log Cabin](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Pitt_-_first_building.jpg/60px-Pitt_-_first_building.jpg)
- (1787) Founders (or Charter) Day: charter granted for the Pittsburgh Academy, thus establishing the University of Pittsburgh. Happy Birthday Pitt!
- (1931) The first classes move into the Cathedral of Learning.
- (1940) Pitt plays in the first ever televised basketball game, a 57–37 victory over Fordham at Madison Square Garden that is televised by NBC station W2XBS.