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2008 160 square mile part of the Antarctic ice shelf disintegrates
1998 World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota 1998 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minn 1998 1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-0 1998 Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec and Ontario 1997 Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Rus) 1997 Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer (GER) 1997 Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated 1996 Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) 1996 Ice Pairs Championship at Edmonton won by Eltsova and Bushkov (RUS) 1995 Ice Skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41) 1995 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) 1995 Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny 1995 Emile van Moerkerken, photographer (Ice Princess), dies at 78 1995 Graham Sharp, ice skater, dies at 77 1994 U.S. Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life 1994 Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500 1994 Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk and Platov (RUS) 1994 Ice Pairs Championship at Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (RUS) 1994 Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard 1993 Ice Dance Championship at Prague won by M Usova and A Zhulin (RUS) 1993 Ice Pairs Championship at Prague won by I Brasseur and L Eisler (CAN) 1992 Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (CIS) 1992 Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok and Dmitriev (CIS) 1991 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins) 1991 Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA) 1991 Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev 1990 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) 1990 Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (URS) 1990 Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) 1989 Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova and S Ponomarenko (USR) 1989 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by E Gordeeva and S Grinkov (U.S.S.R.) 1988 Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) 1988 Ice Pairs Championship at Budapest won by E Valova and O Vasiliev (URS) 1987 Ben and Jerry Ice Cream and Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia 1987 Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) 1987 Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) 1986 Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) 1985 Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova and O Vasiliev (URS) 1985 Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) 1984 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (GRB) 1984 Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Underhill and Paul Martini (CAN) 1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships 1983 Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki Finland won by Torvill and Dean (GRB) 1983 Ice Pairs Championship at Helsinki won by Valova and Vasiliev (URS) 1982 Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill and Dean (GRB) 1982 Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess and Thierbach (GDR) 1981 Emma Laaksonen, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1981 Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill and C Dean (GRB) 1981 Ice Pairs Champ at Hartford won by Irina Vorobieva and I Lisovski (URS) 1981 Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York 1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay 1980 Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.) 1980 Angela Ruggiero, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics 1979 Anndi Lynn McAfee, actress, Ice Cream Man, Conagher 1979 Russian ice skaters Protopopov and Beloussova ask for asylum in Switzerland 1979 Jennifer Botterill, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1979 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov U.S.S.R. 1979 Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Tai Babilonia and R Gardner USA 1979 Jenny Schmidgall, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1978 Sanna Lankosaari, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1978 Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1978 Tara Mounsey, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1988 Olympics 1978 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa Canada won by Linichuk and Karponosov 1978 Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Rodnina and Zaitsev (URS) 1978 Karolina Rantamaki, ice hockey left wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1977 Tuula Puputti, ice hockey goalie, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1977 Maria Helena Selin, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1977 Chantal Lefebvre, Ville LaSalle Que, ice dancer, 1996 Canadians-2nd 1977 Jayna Hefford, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1977 Sara DeCosta, ice hockey goalie, USA, 1998 Olympics 1977 Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (URS) 1976 Laurie Baker, ice hockey forward, USA, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1976 Kirsi Haenninen, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1976 Sarah Tueting, ice hockey goalie, USA, 1998 Olympics 1976 Ice Dance Championship at Gothenburg won by Pakhomova and Gorshkov (URS) 1976 Ice Pairs Championship at Gothenburg won by Rodnina and Zaitsev (URS) 1976 Shae-Lyn Bourne, Chatham Ontario, ice dancer, 1995 World Champs-4th 1975 Katja Riipi, ice hockey left wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1975 Petra Vaarakallio, ice hockey center, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1975 A J Mleczko, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1975 Katie King, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1975 Marika Lehtimaki, ice hockey center, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1975 Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica 1975 Becky Kellar, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1974 Alana Blahoski, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1974 Tricia Dunn, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1974 Kathy McCormack, ice hockey forward, Canada, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1974 Pavi Sald, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1974 Kristy Sargeant, born in Edmonton, Alberta, ice pairs, 1994 Skate Canada 1973 Cassie Campbell, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1973 Fiona Smith, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1973 Nancy Drolet, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1973 Hanna Riikka Nieminen, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1973 Tlia Reima, ice hockey center, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1972 Lori Dupuis, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1972 Vicki Movessian, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics 1972 Katja Maaria Lehtd, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1972 Gretchen Ulion, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1972 Michelle Menzies, born in Barrie, Ontario, Canadian ice pairs, 1995, 96 Can champs 1972 Sue Merz, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics 1972 Chris Bailey, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics 1972 Shelley Looney, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1971 Sari Kristiina Fisk, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1971 Borden's opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World 1971 Colleen Coyne, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics 1971 Karen Bye, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1971 Victor Kraatz, born in Berlin, Germany, Canadian ice dancer, 1995 World Champs-4th 1971 Cammi Granato, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1970 Michel Brunet, Gatineau Quebec, ice dancer, 1996 Canadians-2nd 1970 Laura Schuler, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1970 Lesley Reddon, ice hockey goalie, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1970 Sandra Whyte, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1970 Jean-Michel Bombardier, Brantford Ont Canada, ice pairs, 1995, 96 Can 1970 Naomi Campbell, born in London, England, model/actress, Cool as Ice, Unzipped 1970 Vicky Sunohara, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1970 Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova and Gorshkov (URS) 1970 Ice Pairs Championship at Ljubljana won by Rodnina and Ulanov (URS) 1970 Marja Helena Paluila, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1969 Kris Wirtz, Red Deer Alberta, ice pairs, 1994 Skate Canada 1969 Midori Ito, born in Tokyo, Japan, ice skater, Silver Medal 1992 Olympics 1969 Karen Nystrom, ice hockey forward, Canada, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1969 Ice Cube, rap singer and actor, Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda 1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice 1969 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler and Ford of GBR 1969 Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Rodnina and Ulanov of URS 1969 Johanna Ikonen, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1968 Lissa Maria Sneck, ice hockey goalie, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1968 Vanilla Ice, Robert Van Winkle, rapper, Ice Ice Baby 1968 Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone 1968 Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler and Ford (GRB) 1968 Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Belousova and Protopopov (U.S.S.R.) 1968 Sari Krooks, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1967 Vanilla Ice, rap singer, Ice Ice Baby, actor, Cool as Ice 1967 Geraldine Heaney, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1967 Satu Huotari, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1967 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler and Ford (GRB) 1967 Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Belousova and Protopopov (U.S.S.R.) 1967 Marianne Ihalainen, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1967 Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater 1966 Lisa Brown Miller, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1966 Therese Brisson, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1966 Judy Diduck, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1966 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler/Bernard Ford GRB 1966 Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Belousova and Protopopov of URS 1966 Danielle Goyette, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1965 Kenneth LeBel jumps 17 barrels on ice skates 1965 Stacy Wilson, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1964 Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream 1963 Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana) 1962 Jan[ice] Merrill, track star, U.S. record long distance holder 1979 1962 Jesse Johnson, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Jesse Woods Johnson, musician, guitarist, funk, rocky, rhythm and blues genres, original member of The Time, contributed to hit singles, 'The Bird', 'Jungle Love', on The Time's third album, 'Ice Cream Castle' 1962 Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 1961 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) 1960 Mike Ramsey, U.S., ice hockey player, 1980 Olympics gold 1960 Jennifer Rush, singer and songwriter, Destiny, Ring of Ice 1960 Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny and Jones (GRB) 1960 Ice Pairs Championship at Vancouver won by Wagner and Paul (CAN) 1960 U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats U.S.S.R. 3-2 en route to gold medal 1959 Mary Crosby, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kristin-Dallas, Ice Pirates 1959 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs USA won by Denny and Jones of GRB 1959 Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner and Paul of CAN 1958 Lynn-Holly Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Ice Castles 1958 France St. Louis, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1958 Scott Scovell Hamilton, born in Toledo, Ohio, ice skater 1984 Olympics gold 1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain 1958 Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones GRB 1958 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Barbara Wagner/Rob Paul of CAN 1957 Jayne Torvill, England, ice skater, Torvill and Dean, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1994 Olympics 1957 Kate Burton, born in Geneva, Switzerland, actress, Ice Storm, August 1957 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Markham and Jones (GRB) 1957 Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner and Paul (CAN) 1956 Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB 1956 Ice Pairs Championship at Garmisch won by Schwarz and Oppelt of AUT 1955 Sergey Babinov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey star, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1955 Tim Young, born in Ontario, Canada, athlete, former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League 1955 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy GRB 1955 Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Frances Dafoe and Bowden of CAN 1954 Ang Lee, director, Ice Storm, Wedding Banquet, Sense and Sensibility 1954 Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition 1954 Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB 1954 Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN 1953 Janet Lynn, ice skater, 1972 Olympics bronze 1953 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Westwood and Demmy GRB 1953 Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer and John Nicks of GRB 1952 Ice Dance Championship at Paris France won by Westwood and Demmy GRB 1952 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Ria Falk and Paul Falk of GER 1952 Ed Gagliardi, New York City, rock bassist, Foreigner-Cold As Ice 1951 Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran and Paul Falk of GER 1950 Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy and P Kennedy (USA) 1949 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy/Ede Kiraly of HUN 1948 Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Lannoy and Baugniet of BEL 1947 Marianne Delgorge, singer and actress, Ice Cream Soda 1946 Ice plant collapses, shearing a tenement building and burying 38 1946 Aleksandr Gorshlov, ice dancer, holds 6 titles 1945 Leo Kottke, born in Athens, Georgia, guitarist, Ice Water, Greenhouse 1943 Marika Kilius, born in West Germany, ice skating pair, Olympics silver 1960, 64 1942 Hansdjurgen Baumler, Germany, pairs ice skater, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1941 Aleksandr Ragulin, born in U.S.S.R., ice hockey player, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics 1941 Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed 1941 Anatoliy Firssov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey play, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics 1940 Thomas Williams, U.S., ice hockey play 1960 Olympics gold 1940 Viktor Kuzkin, U.S.S.R., ice hockey player, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics 1939 Vitaliy Davidov, born in U.S.S.R., ice hockey player, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics 1938 Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark 1938 Boris Majorov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey 1964 Olympic gold 1938 Yevgeniy Majorov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey 1964 Olympic gold 1938 Bill Christian, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold 1938 Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player 1936 Bob Cleary, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold 1935 Roger Christian, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold 1935 John McCartan, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, ice hockey player, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics 1935 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition 1934 Bill Cleary, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold 1931 Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15 cents 1931 Robert Dickson, born in Canada, ice hockey player, 1948 1925 Pierre Baugniet, Belgium, pairs ice skater 1948 Olympics gold 1925 Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York 1924 Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland 1919 Bob Boucher, born in Kent, Ohio, orchestra leader, Music on Ice 1917 1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto) 1917 Graham Sharp, ice skater 1917 Elyse Knox, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Hit the Ice, Black Gold 1917 Ernest Borgnine, Hamden, Connecticut, actor, Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty 1916 George Abel, Canada, ice hockey player, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1912 Sonja Henie, born in Oslo, Norway, ice skater/actress, Gold Medals 1928, 1932, 1936 Olympics 1912 Georg Heym, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style, dies at 24 from falling through the ice, trying to save a friend 1910 Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star, 1932 Olympics bronze 1908 Barbara Jo Allen, New York City, actress, Ice Capades Revue, Rosie the Riveter 1906 Tom Carvel, ice cream mogul, Carvels 1904 Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo 1904 Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player 1928 Olympics gold 1904 Ice cream cone makes its debut 1903 Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone in New Jersey 1903 Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone 1894 Erich Romer, Germany, ice hockey player, Olympic-bronze-1932 1893 The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink 1879 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Square Garden, New York City) 1850 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration 1848 William G. Young patents ice cream freezer 1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam 1841 James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf 1840 American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica 1789 Mrs. Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington 1786 Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised, Mr Hall, New York City 1777 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette) |
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