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Local history
50 years ago: 1973
The San Gabriele Society of Altoona, Lucrezia Muccitelli president, held a 35th anniversary celebration at the Sons of Italy Hall and honored its oldest member, Carmel Petrarca, 95.
25 years ago: 1998
James Industries of Hollidaysburg, maker of the Slinky Toy, Betty James owner, was to be honored with the first Distinguished Family Business Award from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
10 years ago: 2013
In local elections, Matt Pacifico was elected Mayor of Altoona on the Republican ticket with 58% of the vote, while then-Mayor Bill Schirf chose not to run for re-election.
-- Compiled by Tim Doyle
World history
Today is Monday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2023. There are 55 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On Nov. 6, 1984, President Ronald Reagan won reelection by a landslide over former Vice President Walter Mondale, who won just one state, Minnesota.
On this date:
-- In 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected President of the United States as he defeated John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas.
-- In 1977, 39 people were killed when the Kelly Barnes Dam in Georgia burst, sending a wall of water through Toccoa Falls College.
-- In 1990, about one-fifth of the Universal Studios backlot in California was destroyed in an arson fire.
-- The Associated Press