Figure - Notable Historical Events
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Figure - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1794-07-28 |
French Revolution figure Robespierre & 22 other leaders of "the Terror" guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris |
1852-03-13 |
Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the NY Lantern weekly |
1914-03-20 |
1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven |
1914-03-21 |
US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld |
1914-03-21 |
US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott |
1918-03-17 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Rosemary Beresford |
1918-03-17 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles |
1920-03-20 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld |
1920-03-20 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger |
1921-02-27 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard |
1921-02-27 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger |
1922-03-07 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard |
1922-03-07 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger |
1923-02-16 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard |
1923-02-16 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger |
1924-02-18 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard |
1924-02-18 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger |
1925-02-25 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran |
1925-02-25 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles |
1927-02-11 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran |
1927-02-11 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles |
1928-03-27 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
1928-03-27 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner |
1929-03-27 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
1929-03-27 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner |
1930-03-23 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
1930-03-23 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner |
1931-03-21 |
US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
1931-03-21 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner |
1932-02-18 |
Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title |
1933-03-18 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
1933-03-18 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner |
1934-03-10 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis |
1934-03-10 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner |
1935-02-09 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
1935-02-09 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee |
1936-02-14 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
1936-02-14 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee |
1936-02-15 |
Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold |
1937-02-13 |
Maribel Vinson wins her 9th US figure skating championship |
1937-02-13 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
1937-02-13 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee |
1938-02-26 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer |
1938-02-26 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee |
1939-01-21 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer |
1939-01-21 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee |
1940-02-10 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer |
1940-02-10 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner |
1941-02-01 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn |
1941-02-01 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner |
1942-02-21 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn |
1942-02-21 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Bobby Specht |
1943-03-08 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill |
1943-03-08 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Arthur Vaughn |
1945-03-05 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill |
1946-03-03 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill |
1946-03-03 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
1947-03-09 |
US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill |
1947-03-09 |
US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
1948-02-03 |
Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US |
1948-02-05 |
Dick Button becomes 1st US figure skating Olympic champion |
1948-02-13 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Richard Button USA |
1948-04-03 |
1st US figure skating championships held |
1948-04-03 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill |
1948-04-03 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
1949-02-17 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of CZE |
1949-02-17 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA |
1949-02-17 |
Richard Button retains world figure skating championship in Paris |
1949-03-13 |
US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman |
1949-03-13 |
US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
1950-03-07 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova CZE |
1950-03-07 |
Men Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button (USA) |
1950-03-24 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman |
1950-03-24 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
1951-02-04 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer |
1951-02-04 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
1951-02-24 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of GRB |
1951-02-24 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA |
1952-02-21 |
Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition |
1952-02-29 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Jacqueline du Bief of FRA |
1952-02-29 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA |
1952-03-28 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
1952-03-28 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
1953-01-11 |
J. Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club |
1953-02-10 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA |
1953-02-10 |
Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA |
1953-03-28 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
1953-03-28 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins |
1954-02-10 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch GER |
1954-02-10 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US |
1954-03-19 |
US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
1954-03-19 |
US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins |
1955-02-17 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Tenley Albright US |
1955-04-02 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
1955-04-02 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins |
1956-02-17 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by Carol Heiss USA |
1956-02-17 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by H A Jenkins USA |
1956-03-16 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
1956-03-16 |
US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins |
1957-03-03 |
Men's Figure Skating Champ in Colo Springs won by David Jenkins (USA) |
1957-03-03 |
Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss (US) |
1958-02-15 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Carol Heiss of USA |
1958-02-15 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA |
1959-02-01 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss |
1959-02-01 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins |
1959-02-28 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss USA |
1959-02-28 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by David Jenkins USA |
1960-01-30 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss |
1960-01-30 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins |
1960-02-26 |
USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating |
1960-03-05 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA) |
1960-03-05 |
Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champions in Vancouver won by Carol E Heiss (USA) |
1961-01-29 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen |
1961-01-29 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord |
1961-02-15 |
Entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash |
1962-02-04 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles |
1962-02-04 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt |
1962-03-20 |
Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater |
1962-10-27 |
The plane of Enrico Mattei, Italian industry's most relevant figure, crashes in mysterious circumstances. |
1963-02-10 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon |
1963-02-10 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz |
1963-02-15 |
1st US female world figure skating champ (Tenley Albright) |
1964-02-02 |
Sjoukje Dijkstra (Neth) wins Olympic gold for figure skating |
1964-02-12 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming |
1964-02-12 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen |
1965-02-13 |
Peggy Fleming, 16, wins ladies senior figure skating title |
1965-02-13 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming |
1965-02-13 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti |
1966-01-29 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming |
1966-01-29 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen |
1966-02-27 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Peggy Fleming of US |
1966-02-27 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Emmerich Danzer AUT |
1967-01-21 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming |
1967-01-21 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti |
1967-03-04 |
Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (US) |
1968-01-20 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming |
1968-01-20 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood |
1968-02-10 |
Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France |
1968-03-02 |
Men's Figure Skating Champions in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT) |
1968-03-02 |
Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Geneva won by Peggy Fleming (US) |
1969-02-01 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn |
1969-02-01 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood |
1969-02-28 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colo Spr won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR |
1969-02-28 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Springs won by Tim Wood USA |
1970-02-07 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn |
1970-02-07 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood |
1970-03-07 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (GDR) |
1970-03-07 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA) |
1971-01-31 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn |
1971-01-31 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich |
1972-01-06 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn |
1972-01-06 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley |
1973-01-27 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn |
1973-01-27 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr |
1974-02-09 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill |
1974-02-09 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr |
1975-02-02 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill |
1975-02-02 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr |
1976-01-11 |
Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec natl figure skating champions |
1976-01-11 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill |
1976-01-11 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka |
1976-02-13 |
Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria |
1977-01-26 |
Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai & Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki |
1977-02-05 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne |
1977-02-05 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner |
1977-03-03 |
Men's Figure Skating Champions in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR) |
1978-02-12 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne |
1978-02-12 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner |
1978-03-09 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Anett Potzsch (GDR) |
1978-03-09 |
Men's Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Charles Tickner (USA) |
1979-02-03 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne |
1979-02-03 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner |
1979-03-17 |
Men's Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR) |
1979-03-17 |
Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Linda Fratianne |
1980-01-20 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne |
1980-01-20 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner |
1980-03-13 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR |
1980-03-14 |
Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch |
1981-02-08 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Elaine Zayak |
1981-02-08 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton |
1981-03-05 |
Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA) |
1981-06-06 |
A passenger train travelling between Mansi and Saharsa, India, jumps the tracks at a bridge crossing the Bagmati river. The government places the official death toll at 268 plus another 300 missing; however, it is generally believed that the actual figure is closer to 1,000 killed. |
1982-01-30 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners |
1982-01-31 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton |
1982-08-18 |
1st time NYSE tops 100 M figure, 132.69 M shares traded |
1983-02-03 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners |
1983-02-04 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton |
1983-03-11 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA) |
1984-01-20 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners |
1984-01-21 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton |
1985-02-01 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin |
1985-02-02 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano |
1985-03-09 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (GDR) |
1985-03-10 |
Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS) |
1986-02-07 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas |
1986-02-08 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano |
1986-03-22 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Debi Thomas (USA) |
1986-03-25 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA) |
1987-02-06 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary |
1987-02-07 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano |
1987-03-14 |
Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt |
1988-01-08 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas |
1988-01-09 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano |
1988-02-20 |
Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating |
1988-02-27 |
Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating |
1988-03-27 |
Men's Figure Skating Champions in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA) |
1989-02-11 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary |
1989-02-12 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman |
1989-03-19 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN) |
1989-03-19 |
Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan) |
1989-11-13 |
Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" & "Ou Est Le Soleil" |
1990-02-10 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary |
1990-02-11 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge |
1990-03-10 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA) |
1990-03-10 |
Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN) |
1991-02-16 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding |
1991-02-17 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge |
1991-03-14 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN) |
1991-03-16 |
Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi |
1992-01-11 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi |
1992-01-12 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman |
1993-01-23 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan |
1993-01-24 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis |
1993-03-11 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN |
1993-03-14 |
Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR) |
1994-01-07 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding |
1994-01-08 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis |
1994-03-26 |
Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo |
1994-03-27 |
Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Yuka Sato (JPN) |
1994-03-27 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) |
1995-02-10 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek |
1995-02-11 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge |
1995-03-12 |
Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) |
1995-03-12 |
Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN) |
1996-01-20 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan |
1996-01-21 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo |
1997-02-15 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski |
1997-02-15 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge |
1997-03-20 |
Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) |
1998-01-11 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan |
1998-01-11 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge |
1998-02-10 |
Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery |
1998-02-20 |
Tara Lipinski wins Olympic figure skating gold medal |
1998-04-01 |
World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minn |
1998-04-02 |
World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Minn |
1998-04-03 |
World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minn |
2002-12-18 |
2003 California recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier. |
2013-03-15 |
Patrick Chan of Canada wins the men's 2013 World Figure Skating Championships |
2013-03-16 |
Kim Yu-Na of South Korea wins the women's 2013 World Figure Skating Championships |
2014-02-12 |
Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov win the Olympic gold in pairs figure skating |
2015-11-05 |
World's first figure-8 ferris wheel opens in Macau |
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Figure - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1220-05-30 |
Alexander Nevsky, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Vladimir-Suzdal, Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir, considered the key figure in medieval Rus (1252-63) |
1724-04-27 |
Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775) |
1750-04-17 |
François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (d. 1828) |
1780-09-28 |
Elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure |
1792-08-26 |
Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan political figure (d. 1857) |
1815-07-28 |
Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889) |
1828-05-12 |
Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite figure |
1845-08-09 |
André Bessette, Canadian religious figure (d. 1937) |
1857-03-23 |
Fannie Farmer, Boston, Massachusetts, American culinary figure |
1858-01-07 |
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (d. 1922) |
1859-06-08 |
Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure (d. 1947) |
1859-12-26 |
William Stephens, U.S. political figure (d. 1944) |
1873-01-11 |
John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (d. 1949) |
1873-12-18 |
Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (d. 1957) |
1876-02-09 |
Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1920) |
1877-08-07 |
Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949) |
1879-04-21 |
Kartini, Indonesian national figure (d. 1904) |
1884-08-26 |
William Slade, His Military Figure |
1886-07-31 |
Salvatore Maranzano, Sicilian-born American organized crime figure (d. 1931) |
1888-12-20 |
Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (d. 1958) |
1890-11-12 |
Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974) |
1890-12-11 |
Carlos Gardel, Buenos Aires, Argentine singer and the most prominent figure in the history of tango (d. 1935) |
1894-07-04 |
Henry Carlson, basketball coach (originated figure 8 play) |
1901-09-16 |
Andree Joly Bunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32) |
1902-06-28 |
Pierre Brunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32) |
1902-09-24 |
Ayatollah Khomeini [Ruhollah Khomeini], Supreme leader of Iran (1979-89), religious figure, and political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution (d. 1989) |
1903-01-27 |
Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (d. 1979) |
1905-02-10 |
Walter Brown, Massachusetts US, original owner of the Boston Celtics and important figure in the development of ice hockey in the United States |
1905-09-27 |
Ernest Baier, Germany, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1936) |
1907-07-27 |
Mollie Doreen Phillips, British figure skater/judge (Olympics 1932,36) |
1914-01-31 |
Sri Daya Mata, Hindu religious figure |
1919-02-07 |
Ilse Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936) |
1920-04-08 |
Erik Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936) |
1920-10-08 |
Maxie Herber, Germany, figure skater pairs (Olympic-gold-1936) |
1920-11-28 |
Cecilia Colledge, England, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1936) |
1925-06-30 |
Micheline Lannoy, Belgium, figure skating pairs (Olympic-gold-1948) |
1925-10-09 |
Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (d. 1958) |
1926-10-27 |
H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff (Watergate figure) |
1928-03-22 |
Betty Callaway, figure skating trainer |
1928-05-09 |
Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa Ontario, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1948), (d. 2012) |
1929-07-18 |
Dick Totten Button, Englewood NJ, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52) |
1930-09-08 |
Jeanette Altwegg, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952) |
1931-10-16 |
Charles W Colson, Boston Massachusetts, presidential adviser (Watergate figure), (d. 2012) |
1933-11-23 |
Hayes Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956) |
1935-07-18 |
Tenley Albright, Boston Mass, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952, 56) |
1936-05-19 |
Elisabeth Schwartz, Austria, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956) |
1936-06-29 |
David Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960) |
1938-10-14 |
John Dean III, former White House counsel (Watergate figure) |
1939-06-15 |
Ward Connerly, American political figure |
1940-01-20 |
Carol Heiss Jenkins, NYC, figure skater (Oly-gold/silver-56, 60) |
1940-08-31 |
Alain Calmat, France, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1964) |
1940-11-13 |
Joan Haanappel, figure skater/sports reporter |
1942-03-23 |
Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (d. 1980) |
1942-06-28 |
Sjoukje Dijkstra, Holland, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1964) |
1946-01-12 |
Lady Cosgrove, Scottish judiciary figure |
1947-01-23 |
Gatewood Galbraith, [Louis], Carlisle, Kentucky, Lawyer, American political activist, iconic Kentucky political figure, (d. 2012) |
1947-09-14 |
Wolfgang Schwartz, Austria, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1968) |
1947-11-04 |
Alexei Ulanov, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76) |
1948-07-27 |
Peggy Fleming Jenkins, San Jose California, figure skater (Olym-gold-1968) |
1948-10-20 |
Andrei Suraikin, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1972) |
1949-07-21 |
Ludmila Smirnova, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1972) |
1949-09-09 |
John Curry, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976) |
1949-09-12 |
Irina Rodnina, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80) |
1951-01-22 |
Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (d. 1989) |
1951-04-13 |
Beatrix "Trixie" Schuba, Austria, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972) |
1952-06-16 |
Aleksandr Zaitsev, USSR, pairs figure skating (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) |
1953-02-11 |
Alan Rubin, music figure (Blues Brothers) |
1956-07-26 |
Dorothy Hamill, Riverside Ct, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976) |
1957-03-17 |
Robin Cousins, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1980) |
1957-08-31 |
Dean Teaster, Figure in the Forest |
1958-06-28 |
Sergei Shakrai, USSR, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980) |
1958-08-13 |
Scott Hamilton, Toledo Ohio, figure skater (Oly-gold-1984) |
1959-10-28 |
Robert J. Baker, Go Figure |
1960-02-08 |
Linda Fratianne, Los Angeles California, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980) |
1960-08-02 |
Linda Fratianne, US, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980) |
1961-12-18 |
Brian Orser, Canada, figure skater (Olympics-Silver-88) |
1961-9-25 |
Tracy Wilson, 1992 Winter Olympics Figure Skating |
1963-01-28 |
Denise Beillmann, Switz, figure skater (Olympics-4th-1980) |
1963-05-21 |
Yelena Vodorezova, USSR, figure skater (Olympic-1976) |
1963-10-22 |
Brian Boitano, Mountainview California, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1988) |
1963-12-03 |
Terri Schiavo, American right to die figure (d. 2005) |
1964-10-28 |
Paul Wylie, figure skater (Olympic-silver) |
1964-11-17 |
Marina Tcherkasova, US, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980) |
1965-04-12 |
Elaine Zayak, NJ, figure skater (Olympics-6th-1984) |
1965-08-07 |
Elizabeth Manley, Canada, figure skater (Olympics-Silver-88) |
1965-12-03 |
Katarina Witt, Staaken GDR, figure skater (Olympic-Gold-1984, 88) |
1966-06-18 |
Kurt Browning, Alberta, figure skater (Olympic-5-1994) |
1967-03-25 |
Debi Thomas, US, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1988) |
1967-12-09 |
Caryn Kadavy, Erie Pa, figure skater |
1969-08-13 |
Midori Ito, 1992 Winter Olympics Figure Skating |
1969-08-21 |
Josee Chouinard, Rosemont Quebec, figure skater (Olymp-9th-1994) |
1969-10-12 |
Nancy Ann Kerrigan, Woburn Mass, figure skater (Olympics-silver-1994) |
1970-04-02 |
Marcus Christensen, Toronto Ontario, figure skater (1995 Canadian-2nd) |
1970-05-07 |
Sebastien Britten, Brossard Que, figure skater (1995 Canadian Champ) |
1970-11-12 |
Tonya Harding, Portland Or, figure skater (Oly-8th-1994/US Champ 1994) |
1971-03-01 |
Shepherd Clark, Atlanta Ga, figure skater (1994, 97 Eastern Sr champ) |
1971-07-12 |
Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi, Hayward California, figure skater (Olympic-Gold-92) |
1971-08-25 |
Michael Chack, Toms River NJ, figure skater (1997 Pac Coast Sr champ) |
1971-08-28 |
Todd Eldredge, Chatham Mass, figure skater (1997 National Sr champ) |
1972-01-29 |
Scott Davis, Great Falls Mont, figure skater (Olympics-1994) |
1972-04-21 |
Gwendal Peizerat, The 2002 Olympic Games Figure Skating Competition/Exhibition |
1972-05-09 |
Dan Hollander, Royal Oak Mich, figure skater (1996 Great Lakes champ) |
1972-10-11 |
Kyoko Ina, Tokyo Japan, figure skater (1993 North Atlantic Sr champ) |
1973-04-04 |
Damon Allen, Winston-Salem NC, figure skater (1997 Midwestern champ) |
1973-09-13 |
Philip Dulebohn, Washington DC, figure skater (1997 Eastern Sr - 3rd) |
1973-10-18 |
John Baldwin Jr, Dallas TX, figure skater (1996 SW Pacific Sr champ) |
1974-03-11 |
Kevin Donovan, Des Plaines Ill, figure skater (1997 Great Lakes-2nd) |
1974-05-29 |
Robyn Petroskey, Minneapolis Minn, figure skater (1996 Midwest champ) |
1975-03-20 |
Brian Buetsch, Rockford Ill, figure skater (1997 Great Lakes Sr champ) |
1975-08-30 |
Marina Anissina, The 2002 Olympic Games Figure Skating Competition/Exhibition |
1976-05-06 |
Lindsay Page, Madison Wis, figure skater (1997 E Great Lakes Sr-3rd) |
1976-08-02 |
Michael Weiss, Washington DC, figure skater (1997 World Champ-7th) |
1976-11-24 |
Chen Lu, China, figure skater (Olympics-Bronze-94) |
1976-11-24 |
Lu Chen, 1998 Olympic Winter Olympics Figure Skating Competition Highlights |
1977-04-15 |
Lisa Bell, Rockford Ill, figure skater (1997 Midwestern Sr champ) |
1977-04-20 |
Lisa Ervin, figure skater (US Nationals-4th-1992) |
1977-05-02 |
Amy D'Entremont, Stoneham Mass, figure skater (1995 NE Jr champ) |
1977-05-17 |
Jere Michael, Aspen Colo, figure skater (1994 National Jr champ) |
1977-08-23 |
Nicole Bobeck, Chic, figure skater (US Champ 1995) |
1977-11-16 |
Oksana Baiul, Ukraine, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1994) |
1978-01-05 |
Sabrina Harman, American military figure and accused torturer |
1978-06-01 |
Karen Kwan, Torrance California, figure skater (1995 Pac Coast Sr champ) |
1978-07-01 |
Jacqie Turner, west Covina California, figure skater, 1997 SW Pacific-2nd |
1978-12-21 |
Amber Corwin, Harbor City Ca, figure skater (1997 National Sr - 5th) |
1979-01-29 |
Scott Davis, 1994 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Competition and Exhibition Highlights |
1979-02-09 |
Irina Slutskaya, The 2002 Olympic Games Figure Skating Competition/Exhibition |
1979-06-20 |
Sydne Vogel, Anchorage Alaska, figure skater (1996 NW Pac Sr champ) |
1979-08-09 |
Alizah Allen, NYC NY, figure skater (1997 North Atlantic Sr champ) |
1979-10-31 |
Saaphyri Windsor, American reality tv figure |
1980-03-18 |
Alexei Yagudin, 1998 Olympic Winter Olympics Figure Skating Competition Highlights |
1980-05-09 |
Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg SC, figure skater (1997 Pacif Sr champ) |
1980-06-17 |
Brittney McConn, Largo Fla, figure skater (1997 Eastern Sr champ) |
1980-07-07 |
Michele Kwan, Torrance California, figure skater (Oly-94, Oly-silver-98) |
1980-07-07 |
Michelle Kwan, The 2002 Olympic Games Figure Skating Competition/Exhibition |
1980-09-10 |
Timothy Goebel, Evanston Ill, figure skater (1996 National Jr champ) |
1980-12-26 |
Serena Phillips, Corvallis Ore, figure skater (1997 Pruetten champ) |
1980-9-10 |
Timothy Goebel, The 2002 Olympic Games Figure Skating Competition/Exhibition |
1982-06-10 |
Tara Lipinski, Philadelphia Pa, figure skater (1997 World Champ) |
1982-08-06 |
Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater |
1982-09-01 |
Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater |
1982-11-03 |
Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater |
1983-09-07 |
Annette Dytrt, German skater figure |
1984-07-02 |
Johnny Weir, American figure skater |
1984-10-26 |
Sasha Cohen, American figure skater |
1984-10-26 |
Sasha Cohen, The 2002 Olympic Games Figure Skating Competition/Exhibition |
1985-05-02 |
Sarah Hughes, American figure skater |
1985-05-02 |
Sarah Hughes, The 2002 Olympic Games Figure Skating Competition/Exhibition |
1985-06-04 |
Evan Lysacek, American figure skater |
1985-10-24 |
Jason Gulati, The Figure of Authority |
1986-01-13 |
Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater |
1986-07-24 |
Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skater |
1987-02-08 |
Carolina Kostner, Italian European champion figure skater |
1987-03-25 |
Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater |
1987-12-18 |
Miki Andō, Japanese figure skater |
1988-07-26 |
Zachary Maxell, Figure It Out |
1988-08-21 |
Whitney Sloan, Go Figure |
1988-09-26 |
Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater |
1989-01-26 |
Emily Hughes, American figure skater |
1989-03-28 |
Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater |
1989-10-04 |
Kimmie Meissner, American figure skater |
1990-01-07 |
Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater |
1990-05-27 |
Ekaterina Zaikina, Russian figure-skater |
1990-09-05 |
Kim Yu-Na, Korean figure skater |
1990-09-25 |
Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater |
1991-06-04 |
Jordan Hinson, Go Figure |
1992-07-21 |
Rachael Flatt, American figure skater |
1993-04-16 |
Mirai Nagasu, American Figure Skater |
1993-05-20 |
Caroline Zhang, American figure skater |
1994-04-12 |
Austin Jepson, Go Figure |
2003-07-04 |
Alessia di Matteo, Italian medical figure (d. 2005) |
Figure - Notable Weddings
Figure - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1912-08-10 |
British literary figure (author of "To the Lighthouse") Virginia Woolf (30) weds political theorist Leonard Woolf (31) |
1949-09-15 |
Figure skater and actress Sonja Henie (36) weds Winthrop Gardner Jr |
1956-06-06 |
Three-time Olympic Champion figure skater Sonja Henie (44) weds Norwegian shipping magnate and art patron Niels Onstad (47) |
1984-09-14 |
Figure skater Marina Klimova (18) weds her partner Sergei Ponomarenko (23) |
1993-09-04 |
Five-time U.S. national champion figure pair skater Jerod Swallow (26) weds his partner Elizabeth Punsalen |
1999-06-05 |
1994 Figure Skater World Champion Yuka Sato (26) weds her fellor skater Jason Dungjen |
2000-07-08 |
Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi (28) weds Carolina Hurricanes ice hockey player Bret Hedican (29) at the Mauna Lani Resort in Kona, Hawaii |
2002-06-10 |
1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion skater Ekaterina Gordeeva (31) weds 1998 Olympic Champion figure skater Ilia Kulik (25) in San Francisco |
2005-12-31 |
Olympic gold medal skater Jamie Sale (28) weds her pair figure skater David Pelletier (31) at Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Canada |
2006-12-30 |
Canadian pair figure skaters David Pelletier (31) weds partner Jamie Sale (28) at the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel in Alberta, Canada |
2013-01-19 |
Figure skater five-time world champion Michelle Kwan (32) weds director of strategic planning on the National Security Clay Pell at the First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island |
Figure - Notable Deaths
Figure - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
44 |
Julius Caesar, Roman military and political figure, is stabbed to death at 55 |
BC AD | |
1093-11-13 |
Malcolm III (Canmore, "Big Head") King of Scots, dies in battle at Alnwick, Northumberland. Historical figure Shakespeare's character based on. |
1828-01-10 |
François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (b. 1750) |
1843-02-15 |
Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek military figure (b. 1770) |
1889-08-29 |
Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815) |
1900-12-21 |
Roger Wolcott, American political figure, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1847) |
1914-08-22 |
Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi Italian religious figure |
1915-01-15 |
Fannie Farmer, American culinary figure and author dies aged 57 |
1919-11-15 |
Mohammad Farid, an influential Egyptian political figure. |
1928-06-03 |
Li Yüan-hung, Chinese general and political figure (b. 1864) |
1935-06-24 |
Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer and the most prominent figure in the history of tango, dies in a plane crash at 44 |
1937-01-06 |
André Besette, Canadian religious figure (b. 1845) |
1944-03-04 |
Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed) |
1944-04-24 |
William Stephens, U.S. political figure (b. 1859) |
1949-03-14 |
John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873) |
1949-04-19 |
Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (b. 1877) |
1950-05-08 |
William Slade, His Military Figure |
1956-03-02 |
Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (b. 1888) |
1957-11-21 |
Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (b. 1873) |
1958-04-04 |
Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (b. 1925) |
1961-02-15 |
Marubel Vinaon Owen, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1932), dies |
1967-07-08 |
Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political figure (b. 1893) |
1969-10-12 |
Sonja Henie, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1928, 32, 36), dies at 57 |
1970-06-11 |
William 'Billy Batts' Devino, American crime figure (b. 1921) |
1979-09-02 |
Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (b. 1903) |
1986-06-15 |
Christian Stengel, La figure de proue |
1988-12-12 |
Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano, American Mafia figure (b. 1917) |
1989-02-02 |
Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (b. 1951) |
1994-04-15 |
John Curry, English figure skater (Oly-gold-76), dies of AIDS at 44 |
1994-12-15 |
Mollie Doreen Phillips, Brit figure skater (Eur-bronze-33), dies at 87 |
1995-11-20 |
Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28 |
1997-03-20 |
Carlo Fassi, figure skating coach (Fleming, Hamill), dies at 67 |
1997-04-13 |
Dorothy Frooks, American author and military figure (b. 1896) |
1998-05-08 |
Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (b. 1912) |
2000-08-19 |
Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo littérateur and religious figure (birth date unknown) |
2003-04-06 |
Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, Canadian religious figure (b. 1912) |
2003-08-22 |
Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skating trainer (b. 1914) |
2005-01-22 |
Rose Mary Woods, American Watergate scandal figure (b. 1917) |
2005-03-31 |
Terri Schiavo, American figure in right to die case (b. 1963) |
2007-01-23 |
E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (b. 1918) |
2007-07-12 |
Mr. Butch, Iconic Boston street figure (b. 1951) |
2007-08-29 |
Richard Jewell, central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (b. 1962) |
2008-01-10 |
Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967) |
2008-05-29 |
Dianne Odell, American medical figure (b. 1947) |
2008-05-30 |
Lorenzo Odone, American medical figure (b. 1978) |
2008-08-13 |
Bill Gwatney, American political figure (b. 1959) |
2009-06-25 |
Farrah Fawcett, American actress and pop culture figure (b.1947) |
2009-08-31 |
Eraño Manalo, Filipino religious figure (b. 1925) |
2010-11-08 |
Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentine naval officer and National Reorganization Process figure (b. 1925) |
2010-11-10 |
Nicolo Rizzuto, Sicilian-born Canadian organized crime figure (b. 1924) |
2010-11-25 |
Bernard Matthews, British poultry industry figure (b. 1930) |
2010-11-30 |
Rajiv Dixit, Indian scientist and Swadeshi movement figure (b. 1967) |
2010-11-30 |
Faye Wright, American spiritual figure (b. 1914) |
2011-04-24 |
Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru, spiritual figure (b. 1926) |
2012-01-04 |
Gatewood Galbraith, [Louis], lawyer, American political activist, iconic Kentucky political figure, dies from pneumonia at 64 |
2012-09-30 |
Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater, dies at 84 |
2015-11-03 |
Ahmed Chalabi, controversial Iraqi political figure, dead at 71 |
2016-04-20 |
Barry Davies, legendary SAS figure, dies aged 71 |
2017-07-30 |
Algeria independence figure Redha Malek dies aged 86 |
