1997 Michael Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, dies in ski accident at 39
1993 Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45
1988 Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles
1987 Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed record, 124.9 mph
1987 Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph)
1985 Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623'
1983 James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident
1982 5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a Luz-Ardiden in Pyrenees
1981 Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m
1975 Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m
1967 Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
1963 Matti Nykanen, Finnish ski jumper, Olympics gold 1984, 88
1962 Tina Lehtola, born in Finland, women's ski jumper, world's record holder
1958 Anton Innauer, born in Austria, 70m ski jumper, 1980 Olympics gold
1956 Scott Michael Pellaton, barefoot water ski champ
1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race
1954 Jouko Tormanen, born in Finland, 90m ski jumper, 1980 Olympics gold
1954 Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper, 1976 Olympic gold
1952 Wojiech Fortuna, Poland, ski jumper, Olympics gold 1972
1943 Yukio Kasaya, Japan, 70m ski jumper, Olympics gold 1972
1943 Aron Kincaid, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Warren-Bachelor Father, Ski Party
1942 Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper, world record 3,300'
1937 Eero Mantyranta, Finland, nordic ski relay 1960 Olympics gold
1937 George Thoma, German FR, cross country ski jumper 1960 Olympics gold
1937 Helmut Recknagel, born in Germany, 90m ski jump, Olympics gold 1960
1936 1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minnesota
1934 1st U.S. ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont)
1924 International Ski Federation (FIS) forms
1922 1st slalom ski race run, Murren, Switzerland
1917 Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper 1952 Olympics gold
1911 Birger Ruud, Norway, 90m ski jumper, Olympics gold 1932, 36
1904 National Ski Association forms in Ishpeming, Michigan
1887 Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the 1st U.S. ski club
1886 Aurora Ski Club, 1st in U.S., founded in Minnesota
1882 1st U.S. ski club forms (Berlin NH)
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