2014 Event The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics is held in Sochi; the celebration includes a variety of performing artists in music and dance 2014 Event The Sochi Winter Olympics ends; on this last day of the competitions, Canada beats Sweden in men's hockey, keeping Canada as the reigning gold winner in two consecutive Winter Games 2014 Event Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen set a new record for the highest number of Olympic medals awarded to a female Winter Olympics athlete after her gold medal at Sochi; Bjoergen has won ten Olympic medals over to date, including six golds 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 2013 Event Officials at the Kremlin announce that the 2014 G8 summit will be held at Sochi, its southern Black Sea resort 1974 Birthday Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Sochi Russia, tennis star, 1995 doubles-Hamburg 1972 Event Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105
