2014 Event Tension increases for New York City police after a man kills two officers to avenge the killing of two unarmed black men by police in recent weeks; police have been ordered to work in pairs and to consider their own safety first while on patrol 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 1998 Event World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota 1997 Event Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer (GER) 1996 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Edmonton won by Eltsova and Bushkov (RUS) 1995 Event Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny 1994 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (RUS) 1993 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Prague won by I Brasseur and L Eisler (CAN) 1992 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok and Dmitriev (CIS) 1991 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev 1990 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) 1989 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by E Gordeeva and S Grinkov (U.S.S.R.) 1988 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Budapest won by E Valova and O Vasiliev (URS) 1987 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) 1986 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) 1985 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova and O Vasiliev (URS) 1984 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Underhill and Paul Martini (CAN) 1983 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Helsinki won by Valova and Vasiliev (URS) 1982 Birthday Natalie Vlandis, Northridge California, pairs skater, & Jered Guzman 1982 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess and Thierbach (GDR) 1981 Birthday Jered Guzman, born in Garden Grove, California, pairs skater, & Natalie Vlandis 1981 Birthday Naomi Grabow, born in lake Arrowhead, California, pairs skater, & Benjamin Oberman 1981 Birthday Shelby Lyons, Oswego, New York, pairs skater, & Wells-1995 Midwest champ 1981 Event Ice Pairs Champ at Hartford won by Irina Vorobieva and I Lisovski (URS) 1980 Birthday Danielle Hartsell, Ann Arbor, Michigan, pairs skater, & Steve Hartsell 1980 Birthday Ilana Goldfogel, born in Denver, Colorado, pairs skater, & Erik Schulz 1980 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.) 1980 Birthday Stephanie Stiegler, born in Santa Monica, California, pairs skater, & Zimmerman 1979 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Tai Babilonia and R Gardner USA 1978 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Rodnina and Zaitsev (URS) 1978 Birthday Steve Hartsell, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, pairs skater, & Danielle Hartsell 1977 Event Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (URS) 1976 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Gothenburg won by Rodnina and Zaitsev (URS) 1976 Birthday Shae-Lynn Bourne, Ontario, pairs skater, Bourne and Kraatz 1975 Birthday Dawn Piepenbrink, wildrose Wis, pairs skater, & Nick Castaneda 1974 Birthday Benjamin Oberman, born in Denver, Colorado, pairs skater, & Naomi Grabow 1974 Birthday Erik Schulz, Port Huron, Michigan, pairs skater, & Ilana Goldfogel 1974 Birthday Kristy Sargeant, born in Edmonton, Alberta, ice pairs, 1994 Skate Canada 1973 Birthday Erin Moorad, born in Chicago, Illinois, pairs skater, & Richard Gillam 1973 Birthday John Zimmerman, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Steigler 1973 Birthday Jennifer Darst, Dallas Texas, pairs skater, & Arthur Reid 1972 Birthday Arthur Reid, born in Nashville, Tennessee, pairs skater, & Jennifer Darst 1972 Birthday Michelle Menzies, born in Barrie, Ontario, Canadian ice pairs, 1995, 96 Can champs 1970 Birthday Jenni Meno, Pompton Plains, New Jersey, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics 1970 Birthday Karen Courtland, Orange, New Jersey, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics 1970 Birthday Brian Wells, Carmel California, pairs skater, & Lyons-1995 Midwest champ 1970 Birthday Jean-Michel Bombardier, Brantford Ont Canada, ice pairs, 1995, 96 Can 1970 Birthday Nick Castaneda, Birmingham, Alabama, pairs skater, & Dawn Piepenbrink 1970 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Ljubljana won by Rodnina and Ulanov (URS) 1969 Birthday Kris Wirtz, Red Deer Alberta, ice pairs, 1994 Skate Canada 1969 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Rodnina and Ulanov of URS 1968 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Belousova and Protopopov (U.S.S.R.) 1967 Birthday Jason Dungjen, born in Detroit, Michigan, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics 1967 Birthday Richard Gillam, born in Atlanta, Georgia, pairs skater 1967 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Belousova and Protopopov (U.S.S.R.) 1966 Birthday Todd Reynolds, Norwalk Conn, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics 1966 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Belousova and Protopopov of URS 1964 Birthday Marina Tcherkasova, U.S., pairs figure skater 1980 Olympics silver 1963 Birthday Todd Sand, born in Burbank, California, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics 1960 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Vancouver won by Wagner and Paul (CAN) 1959 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner and Paul of CAN 1958 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Barbara Wagner/Rob Paul of CAN 1957 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner and Paul (CAN) 1956 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Garmisch won by Schwarz and Oppelt of AUT 1955 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Frances Dafoe and Bowden of CAN 1954 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN 1953 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer and John Nicks of GRB 1952 Birthday Aleksandr Zaitsev, U.S.S.R., pairs figure skating, Gold Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics 1952 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Ria Falk and Paul Falk of GER 1951 Birthday Bernd Landvoigt, born in East Germany, coxless pairs, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1951 Birthday Jorg Landvoigt, born in East Germany, coxless pairs, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1951 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran and Paul Falk of GER 1950 Event Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy and P Kennedy (USA) 1949 Birthday Irina Rodnina, U.S.S.R., pairs figure skater, Gold Medal 1972, 1976, 1980 Olympics 1949 Birthday Ludmila Smirnova, U.S.S.R., pairs figure skater 1972 Olympics silver 1949 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy/Ede Kiraly of HUN 1948 Birthday Andrei Suraikin, U.S.S.R., pairs figure skater 1972 Olympics silver 1948 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Lannoy and Baugniet of BEL 1947 Birthday Alexei Ulanov, U.S.S.R., pairs figure skater, Gold Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics 1944 Birthday Lawrence A. Hough, U.S., rower, Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver 1943 Event Shoe rationing begins in U.S. (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942) 1942 Birthday Hansdjurgen Baumler, Germany, pairs ice skater, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1936 Birthday Elisabeth Schwartz, Austria, pairs figure skater 1956 Olympics gold 1935 Birthday Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov, Russia, pairs skater, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1935 Birthday Ludmila Belousova Protopopov, born in U.S.S.R., pairs skater, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1932 Birthday Oleg Protopopov, born in Russia, olympic pairs skater, Gold 1964, 68 1925 Birthday Pierre Baugniet, Belgium, pairs ice skater 1948 Olympics gold 1925 Birthday Micheline Lannoy, Belgium, figure skating pairs 1948 Olympics gold 1920 Birthday Maxie Herber, Germany, figure skater pairs 1936 Olympics gold 1920 Birthday Erik Pausin, born in Austria, figure skating pairs, 1936 Olympics silver 1919 Birthday Ilse Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs, Olympics-silver-1936