In the news on this date: Dec. 24
Local history
50 years ago: 1974
Dr. Charles M. Hill, superintendent of the Altoona Area School District, joined a new organization of school superintendents from the 13 largest cities in Pennsylvania to study major educational concerns.
25 years ago: 1999
Students at St. Rose of Lima Catholic School in Altoona, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Prison Society, made Christmas cards for inmates at the Blair County Prison, teacher Marty Dombrowski directing.
10 years ago: 2014
Logan Township announced that a mobile scanner that accepted credit and debit cards was stolen from the Victoria’s Secret store in the Logan Valley Mall. People were told to pay attention to their financial statements for suspicious transactions.
— Compiled by Tim Doyle
World history
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 24, the 359th day of 2024. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve.
Today’s highlight in history:
On Dec. 24, 1914, during World War I, impromptu Christmas truces began to take hold along parts of the Western Front between British and German soldiers.
On this date:
— In 1814, the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812 following ratification by both the British Parliament and the U.S. Senate.
— The Associated Press