Local history

50 years ago: Street director Ernest Dejaiff told City Council that OSHA said he had 30 days to correct violations at the city’s sewage treatment plants, like providing self-contained breathing apparatus and hearing protection from loud pump noise for workers.

25 years ago: Gov. Tom Ridge was to set the time frame for an election to fill the seat of retiring Congressman Bud Shuster within 10 days of his resignation (Jan. 31).

10 years ago: Blair County President Judge Jolene G. Kopriva swore in Blair County Commissioners Terry E. Tomassetti, Bruce R. Erb and Ted A. Beam Jr., and judges Daniel J. Milliron and Timothy J. Sullivan in ceremonies at the courthouse.

— Compiled by Tim Doyle

World history

Today is Monday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2026. There are 360 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Jan. 5, 1933, construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge; the bridge was completed in May 1937.

On this date:

– In 1896, an Austrian newspaper reported the discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen of a new type of radiation that came to be called “X-ray.”

– In 1925, Democrat Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming took office as America’s first female governor.

– In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed assistance to countries to help them resist communist aggression in what became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine.

– In 1972, President Richard Nixon announced the Space Shuttle program, directing NASA to produce a reusable vehicle that would boost manned space exploration while bringing down its costs.

– In 1980, “Rapper’s Delight,” by The Sugarhill Gang, became the first hip-hop song to reach the Billboard Top 40, helping to popularize the emerging musical genre.

— The Associated Press