2014 Event The world's largest virus to date is discovered in 30,000-year-old Siberian ice; the ancient virus is still able to infect amoebae, its target hosts 2014 Event American ice dancing pair Charlie White and Meryl Davis win the Olympic gold medal - the first gold won by the U.S. in this sport 2014 Event At Sochi, Russians Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov win the gold medal in pairs figure skating; the couple is the first to win on home ice since Ernst Baier and Maxi Herber won in 1936 2014 Event U.S. Southern states of Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina experience a mix of snow and ice, declaring emergencies as over 3,400 flights are cancelled; temperatures dip 10 to 20 degrees below normal 2013 Event After years of receding, scientists report that the Arctic sea ice has rebounded in extent and volume 2013 Event In the U.S., record snowfall leaves hundreds of thousands without power; Dallas-Fort Worth experiences an ice storm causing traffic accidents, power outages and airport delays 2013 Event Authorities at Los Angeles International Airport investigate the explosion of the second dry ice bomb in two days on the premises; no one was injured and no arrests were made 2013 Event In Greenland. a canyon over 800km long is discovered up to 800m deep in different places below the ice sheet covering the country; the canyon is longer than Arizona's Grand Canyon; it was carved out by a river over four million years ago 2013 Event NASA's New Horizons team releases the first high resolution view of Pluto's largest moon; Charon, which is as large as the state of Texas, is covered in ice 2013 Event Scientists in Canada bring 400 year-old bryophyte specimens left behind by retreating glaciers during the Ice Age back to life 2012 Event New findings from MESSENGER, NASA's space probe, indicate almost definitively, that the north pole of Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has water ice buried beneath the surface 2012 Event A power blackout in Northern England causes as many as 50,000 homes to have a power blackout after heavy winds, snow and ice bring down electricity cables 2011 Event Researchers in Fairbanks, Alaska, discover remains of a 3-year old child from the Ice Age and named it Xaasaa Cheege Ts'eniin, 'Upper Sun River Mouth Child' 2008 Event 160 square mile part of the Antarctic ice shelf disintegrates 1998 Event World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota 1998 Event World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota 1998 Event 1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-0 1998 Event Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec and Ontario 1997 Event Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Rus) 1997 Event Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer (GER) 1997 Event Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated 1996 Event Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) 1996 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Edmonton won by Eltsova and Bushkov (RUS) 1995 Death Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion, dies of heart attack at 28 1995 Event Ice Skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41) 1995 Event Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) 1995 Event Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny 1995 Death Emile van Moerkerken, photographer (Ice Princess), dies at 78 1995 Death Graham Sharp, ice skater, dies at 77 1994 Event U.S. Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life 1994 Event Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500 1994 Event Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk and Platov (RUS) 1994 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (RUS) 1994 Event Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard 1993 Event Ice Dance Championship at Prague won by M Usova and A Zhulin (RUS) 1993 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Prague won by I Brasseur and L Eisler (CAN) 1992 Event Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (CIS) 1992 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok and Dmitriev (CIS) 1991 Event 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins) 1991 Event Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA) 1991 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev 1990 Event 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) 1990 Event Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (URS) 1990 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) 1989 Event Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova and S Ponomarenko (USR) 1989 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by E Gordeeva and S Grinkov (U.S.S.R.) 1988 Event Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) 1988 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Budapest won by E Valova and O Vasiliev (URS) 1987 Event Ben and Jerry Ice Cream and Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia 1987 Event Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) 1987 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) 1986 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) 1985 Birthday Sarah Hughes, born in Great Neck, New York, professional ice skater, 2002 Olympic gold medalist, biography 'Sudden Champion: The Sara Hughes Story' 1985 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova and O Vasiliev (URS) 1985 Event Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) 1984 Event Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (GRB) 1984 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Underhill and Paul Martini (CAN) 1984 Event British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships 1983 Event Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki Finland won by Torvill and Dean (GRB) 1983 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Helsinki won by Valova and Vasiliev (URS) 1982 Event Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill and Dean (GRB) 1982 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess and Thierbach (GDR) 1981 Birthday Emma Laaksonen, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1981 Event Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill and C Dean (GRB) 1981 Event Ice Pairs Champ at Hartford won by Irina Vorobieva and I Lisovski (URS) 1981 Event Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York 1980 Event Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay 1980 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.) 1980 Birthday Angela Ruggiero, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics 1979 Birthday Anndi Lynn McAfee, actress, Ice Cream Man, Conagher 1979 Event Russian ice skaters Protopopov and Beloussova ask for asylum in Switzerland 1979 Birthday Jennifer Botterill, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1979 Event Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov U.S.S.R. 1979 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Tai Babilonia and R Gardner USA 1979 Birthday Jenny Schmidgall, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1978 Birthday Sanna Lankosaari, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1978 Birthday Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1978 Birthday Tara Mounsey, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1988 Olympics 1978 Event Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa Canada won by Linichuk and Karponosov 1978 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Rodnina and Zaitsev (URS) 1978 Birthday Karolina Rantamaki, ice hockey left wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1977 Birthday Tuula Puputti, ice hockey goalie, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1977 Birthday Maria Helena Selin, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1977 Birthday Chantal Lefebvre, Ville LaSalle Que, ice dancer, 1996 Canadians-2nd 1977 Birthday Jayna Hefford, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1977 Birthday Sara DeCosta, ice hockey goalie, USA, 1998 Olympics 1977 Event Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (URS) 1976 Birthday Laurie Baker, ice hockey forward, USA, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1976 Birthday Kirsi Haenninen, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1976 Birthday Sarah Tueting, ice hockey goalie, USA, 1998 Olympics 1976 Event Ice Dance Championship at Gothenburg won by Pakhomova and Gorshkov (URS) 1976 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Gothenburg won by Rodnina and Zaitsev (URS) 1976 Birthday Shae-Lyn Bourne, Chatham Ontario, ice dancer, 1995 World Champs-4th 1975 Birthday Katja Riipi, ice hockey left wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1975 Birthday Petra Vaarakallio, ice hockey center, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1975 Birthday A J Mleczko, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1975 Birthday Katie King, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1975 Birthday Marika Lehtimaki, ice hockey center, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1975 Event Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica 1975 Birthday Becky Kellar, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Alana Blahoski, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Tricia Dunn, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Kathy McCormack, ice hockey forward, Canada, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Pavi Sald, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1974 Birthday Kristy Sargeant, born in Edmonton, Alberta, ice pairs, 1994 Skate Canada 1973 Birthday Cassie Campbell, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1973 Birthday Fiona Smith, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1973 Birthday Nancy Drolet, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1973 Birthday Hanna Riikka Nieminen, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1973 Birthday Tlia Reima, ice hockey center, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1972 Birthday Lori Dupuis, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1972 Birthday Vicki Movessian, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics 1972 Birthday Katja Maaria Lehtd, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1972 Birthday Gretchen Ulion, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1972 Birthday Michelle Menzies, born in Barrie, Ontario, Canadian ice pairs, 1995, 96 Can champs 1972 Birthday Sue Merz, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics 1972 Birthday Chris Bailey, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics 1972 Birthday Shelley Looney, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1971 Birthday Sari Kristiina Fisk, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1971 Event Borden's opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World 1971 Birthday Colleen Coyne, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics 1971 Birthday Karen Bye, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1971 Birthday Victor Kraatz, born in Berlin, Germany, Canadian ice dancer, 1995 World Champs-4th 1971 Birthday Cammi Granato, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1970 Birthday Michel Brunet, Gatineau Quebec, ice dancer, 1996 Canadians-2nd 1970 Birthday Laura Schuler, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1970 Birthday Lesley Reddon, ice hockey goalie, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1970 Birthday Sandra Whyte, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1970 Birthday Jean-Michel Bombardier, Brantford Ont Canada, ice pairs, 1995, 96 Can 1970 Birthday Naomi Campbell, born in London, England, model/actress, Cool as Ice, Unzipped 1970 Birthday Vicky Sunohara, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1970 Event Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova and Gorshkov (URS) 1970 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Ljubljana won by Rodnina and Ulanov (URS) 1970 Birthday Marja Helena Paluila, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1969 Birthday Kris Wirtz, Red Deer Alberta, ice pairs, 1994 Skate Canada 1969 Birthday Midori Ito, born in Tokyo, Japan, ice skater, Silver Medal 1992 Olympics 1969 Birthday Karen Nystrom, ice hockey forward, Canada, Silver Medal 1998 Olympics 1969 Birthday Ice Cube, rap singer and actor, Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda 1969 Event Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice 1969 Event Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler and Ford of GBR 1969 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Rodnina and Ulanov of URS 1969 Birthday Johanna Ikonen, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1968 Birthday Lissa Maria Sneck, ice hockey goalie, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1968 Birthday Vanilla Ice, Robert Van Winkle, rapper, Ice Ice Baby 1968 Event Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone 1968 Event Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler and Ford (GRB) 1968 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Belousova and Protopopov (U.S.S.R.) 1968 Birthday Sari Krooks, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1967 Birthday Vanilla Ice, rap singer, Ice Ice Baby, actor, Cool as Ice 1967 Birthday Geraldine Heaney, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1967 Birthday Satu Huotari, ice hockey defenseman, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1967 Event Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler and Ford (GRB) 1967 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Belousova and Protopopov (U.S.S.R.) 1967 Birthday Marianne Ihalainen, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics 1967 Birthday Sergei Grinkov, born in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion 1966 Birthday Lisa Brown Miller, ice hockey forward, USA, 1998 Olympics 1966 Birthday Therese Brisson, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1966 Birthday Judy Diduck, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1966 Event Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler/Bernard Ford GRB 1966 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Belousova and Protopopov of URS 1966 Birthday Danielle Goyette, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1965 Event Kenneth LeBel jumps 17 barrels on ice skates 1965 Birthday Stacy Wilson, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1964 Event Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream 1963 Event Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana) 1962 Birthday Jan[ice] Merrill, track star, U.S. record long distance holder 1979 1962 Birthday 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 Event Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump 1961 Event 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) 1960 Birthday Mike Ramsey, U.S., ice hockey player, 1980 Olympics gold 1960 Birthday Jennifer Rush, singer and songwriter, Destiny, Ring of Ice 1960 Event Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny and Jones (GRB) 1960 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Vancouver won by Wagner and Paul (CAN) 1960 Event U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats U.S.S.R. 3-2 en route to gold medal 1959 Birthday Mary Crosby, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kristin-Dallas, Ice Pirates 1959 Event Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs USA won by Denny and Jones of GRB 1959 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner and Paul of CAN 1958 Birthday Lynn-Holly Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Ice Castles 1958 Birthday France St. Louis, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1958 Birthday Scott Scovell Hamilton, born in Toledo, Ohio, ice skater 1984 Olympics gold 1958 Event 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 Event Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones GRB 1958 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Barbara Wagner/Rob Paul of CAN 1957 Birthday Jayne Torvill, England, ice skater, Torvill and Dean, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1994 Olympics 1957 Birthday Kate Burton, born in Geneva, Switzerland, actress, Ice Storm, August 1957 Event Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Markham and Jones (GRB) 1957 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner and Paul (CAN) 1956 Event Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB 1956 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Garmisch won by Schwarz and Oppelt of AUT 1955 Birthday Sergey Babinov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey star, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1955 Birthday Tim Young, born in Ontario, Canada, athlete, former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League 1955 Event Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy GRB 1955 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Frances Dafoe and Bowden of CAN 1954 Birthday Ang Lee, director, Ice Storm, Wedding Banquet, Sense and Sensibility 1954 Event Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition 1954 Event Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB 1954 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN 1953 Birthday Janet Lynn, ice skater, 1972 Olympics bronze 1953 Event Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Westwood and Demmy GRB 1953 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer and John Nicks of GRB 1952 Event Ice Dance Championship at Paris France won by Westwood and Demmy GRB 1952 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Ria Falk and Paul Falk of GER 1952 Birthday Ed Gagliardi, New York City, rock bassist, Foreigner-Cold As Ice 1951 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran and Paul Falk of GER 1950 Event Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy and P Kennedy (USA) 1949 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy/Ede Kiraly of HUN 1948 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Lannoy and Baugniet of BEL 1947 Birthday Marianne Delgorge, singer and actress, Ice Cream Soda 1946 Event Ice plant collapses, shearing a tenement building and burying 38 1946 Birthday Aleksandr Gorshlov, ice dancer, holds 6 titles 1945 Birthday Leo Kottke, born in Athens, Georgia, guitarist, Ice Water, Greenhouse 1943 Birthday Marika Kilius, born in West Germany, ice skating pair, Olympics silver 1960, 64 1942 Birthday Hansdjurgen Baumler, Germany, pairs ice skater, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1941 Birthday Aleksandr Ragulin, born in U.S.S.R., ice hockey player, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics 1941 Death Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed 1941 Birthday Anatoliy Firssov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey play, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics 1940 Birthday Thomas Williams, U.S., ice hockey play 1960 Olympics gold 1940 Birthday Viktor Kuzkin, U.S.S.R., ice hockey player, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics 1939 Birthday Vitaliy Davidov, born in U.S.S.R., ice hockey player, Gold Medals 1964, 1968, 1972 Olympics 1938 Event Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark 1938 Birthday Boris Majorov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey 1964 Olympic gold 1938 Birthday Yevgeniy Majorov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey 1964 Olympic gold 1938 Birthday Bill Christian, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold 1938 Birthday Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player 1936 Birthday Bob Cleary, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold 1935 Birthday Roger Christian, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold 1935 Birthday John McCartan, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, ice hockey player, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics 1935 Event 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition 1934 Birthday Bill Cleary, U.S., ice hockey player 1960 Olympics gold 1931 Event Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15 cents 1931 Birthday Robert Dickson, born in Canada, ice hockey player, 1948 1925 Birthday Pierre Baugniet, Belgium, pairs ice skater 1948 Olympics gold 1925 Event Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York 1924 Event Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland 1919 Birthday Bob Boucher, born in Kent, Ohio, orchestra leader, Music on Ice 1917 Event 1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto) 1917 Birthday Graham Sharp, ice skater 1917 Birthday Elyse Knox, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Hit the Ice, Black Gold 1917 Birthday Ernest Borgnine, Hamden, Connecticut, actor, Ice Station Zebra, McHale, Marty 1916 Birthday George Abel, Canada, ice hockey player, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1912 Birthday Sonja Henie, born in Oslo, Norway, ice skater/actress, Gold Medals 1928, 1932, 1936 Olympics 1912 Death 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 Birthday Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star, 1932 Olympics bronze 1908 Birthday Barbara Jo Allen, New York City, actress, Ice Capades Revue, Rosie the Riveter 1906 Birthday Tom Carvel, ice cream mogul, Carvels 1904 Event Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo 1904 Birthday Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player 1928 Olympics gold 1904 Event Ice cream cone makes its debut 1903 Event Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone in New Jersey 1903 Event Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone 1894 Birthday Erich Romer, Germany, ice hockey player, Olympic-bronze-1932 1893 Event The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink 1879 Event 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Square Garden, New York City) 1850 Event 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration 1848 Event William G. Young patents ice cream freezer 1848 Event Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam 1841 Event James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf 1840 Event American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica 1789 Event Mrs. Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington 1786 Event Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised, Mr Hall, New York City 1777 Event 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)
