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 1983 Event Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling 1982 Event Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm 1955 Birthday Bill Koch, born in Brattleboro, Vermont, skier, first U.S. world-class cross-country skier, won 1982 Cross-country skiing World Cup 1942 Event Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight 1939 Event Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship 1937 Birthday Gaston Roelants, Belgium, world cross-country champion 1927 Event Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour 1883 Event NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race
