Local history

50 years ago: 1976

Antoinette Thompson, 12, an Edison Elementary School Safety Patrol girl, was honored by the Fraternal Order of Police and Blair County Motor Club for saving the life of 6-year-old Darlie Peck when a truck with no brakes rolled toward a school bus and Antoinette secured Darlie from being hit.

25 years ago: 2001

Betty James, the retired president and CEO of James Industries in Hollidaysburg, founded in 1945 in Philadelphia, maker of the world famous Slinky toy, (250 million sold) was to be inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in New York City.

10 years ago: 2016

Saint Francis University, the Rev. Malachi Van Tassell president, held a March of Life around the college mall on the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that overrode restrictions on abortion.

— Compiled by Tim Doyle

World history

Today is Friday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2026. There are 342 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Jan. 23, 1870, approximately 200 Piegan Blackfoot tribe members, mostly women, children and older adults, were killed by U.S. Army troops under the command of Major Eugene Mortimer Baker in Montana, in what became known as the Baker Massacre.

Also on this date:

– In 1368, China’s Ming dynasty, which lasted nearly three centuries, began as Zhu Yuanzhang was formally acclaimed Hongwu Emperor, following the collapse of the Yuan dynasty.

– In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.

– In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, prohibiting poll taxes in federal elections.

– In 1973, President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War, and would be formally signed four days later in Paris.

— The Associated Press