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Today is September 17.

15 years ago, 2011: News broke that Pitt would leave the Big East athletic conference and join the Atlantic Coast Conference, part of a dramatic change in the collegiate athletic landscape. (Post-Gazette)

20 years ago, 2006: Five members of Duquesne’s men’s basketball team were shot while leaving a dance at the student union. All five survived. (Post-Gazette)

25 years ago, 2001: Pittsburgh airport anchor US Airways announced it would cut 11,000 jobs and 23% of its flights as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Post-Gazette)


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