1988 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by Katarina Witt (GDR) 1988 Event Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating 1988 Event Christa Rotherburger (GDR) skates ladies world record 1000m (1:17.65) 1985 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (GDR) 1984 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR) 1982 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess and Thierbach (GDR) 1980 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR 1978 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Anett Potzsch (GDR) 1970 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (GDR) 1969 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR 1958 Birthday Kornelia Ender, Halle GDR, swimmer, Olympic-4 gold-1972, 76 1953 Event GDR Minister of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage" 1951 Event Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against GDR"
