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50 years ago
June 8, 1973
The Future Teachers of America changed its name to the Pennsylvania Youth Education Association and Karen Kwolek was elected president and Arlene Brown vice-president of the Altoona Area High School chapter, Jeanne Hair faculty advisor.
25 years ago
June 8, 1998
An interfaith service of remembrance was held at the Edith Davis Eve Memorial Chapel at Penn State Altoona open to anyone in Central PA who lost a loved one, Angi Peacetree of the Home Nursing Agency Hospice Program was bereavement coordinator.
10 years ago
June 8, 2013
The Blair County Emergency Management Agency, Dan Boyles director, was meeting to update its Hazard Mitigation Plan which was required every five years, hazardous materials replacing flooding as the biggest concern.
-- Compiled by Tim Doyle
Today is Thursday, June 8, the 159th day of 2023. There are 206 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On June 8, 1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated for another term as president during the National Union (Republican) Party's convention in Baltimore.
On this date:
In A.D. 632, the prophet Muhammad died in Medina.
In 1867, modern American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin.
In 1953, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve Blacks.
In 1966, a merger was announced between the National and American Football Leagues, to take effect in 1970.
In 1967, during the six-day Middle East war, 34 American servicemen were killed when Israel attacked the USS Liberty, a Navy intelligence-gathering ship in the Mediterranean Sea. (Israel later said the Liberty had been mistaken for an Egyptian vessel.)
-- The Associated Press