Local history

50 years ago: April 28, 1976

Mayor William Stouffer announced that city water superintendent William L. Cochran would be appointed to the City Council to fill the seat of C. Richard Logan, who was elected a Blair County Commissioner.

25 years ago: April 28, 2001

Kiraly’s Golf Center was condemned by PennDOT fpr the Plank Road widening project so PennDOT was selling off its golf clothing, supplies, clubs, shoes and other equipment. His son was to reopen in a new location.

10 years ago: April 28, 2016

WPS Office Solutions, Debra Dellaposta president, donated a 3-D Printer Lab to Penn State Altoona at a cost of $100,000, $50,000 for the printer and $50,000 for support services. The printer was located in the Robert E. Eiche Library.

— Compiled by Tim Doyle

World history

Today is Tuesday, April 28, the 118th day of 2026. There are 247 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On April 28, 2004, the world first viewed images of prisoner abuse and torture by U.S. troops at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, via a report broadcast on the CBS television news program “60 Minutes II.”

Also on this date:

– In 1789, mutineers led by Fletcher Christian took control of the ship HMS Bounty three weeks after departing Tahiti, setting the ship’s captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and 18 other crew members adrift on a launch in the Pacific Ocean; Bligh and the other men on the launch eventually reached the island of Timor in Southeast Asia after a 3,600-mile journey.

– In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans after attempting to flee the country.

– In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent U.S. troops to the Dominican Republic to prevent a “communist dictatorship” there amid unrest as various armed groups vied for power. A conservative government was established in 1966.

— The Associated Press