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Local history
50 years ago: July 12, 1973
The Altoona Area High School landmark power plant water tank was being demolished to make way for a smaller one as the district converted from coal to gas/oil.
25 years ago: July 12, 1998
The 10th annual Juniata College summer camp for gifted children in fourth through 10th grade was being held with Professor Fay Glkosenger co-founder. Courses in the sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences were available.
10 years ago: July 12, 2013
The annual Penn State University men's basketball summer outing was announced for Aug. 5 at DelGrosso Amusement Park in Tipton with coach Pat Chambers as guest speaker.
-- Compiled by Tim Doyle
World history
Today is the 193rd day of 2023. There are 172 days left in the year.
On this date:
-- In 1543, England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.
-- In 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill authorizing the Army Medal of Honor.
-- In 1908, comedian Milton Berle was born Mendel Berlinger in New York City.
-- In 1965, the Beach Boys single "California Girls" was released by Capitol Records.
-- In 1967, rioting erupted in Newark, N.J., over the police beating of a Black taxi driver; 26 people were killed in the five days of violence that followed.
-- The Associated Press