U.S. Figure Skating Team Killed in Plane Crash

On February 15, 1961

Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.

The US Figure Skating team was traveling to Prague, Czechoslovakia, to attend the World Figure Skating Championship.

This Day in History - February 15

1879

US President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.

1906

A trade union was founded that later became the current British Labor Party.

1936

Adolf Hitler announced the construction of the Volkswagen Beetle.

2001

The first draft of the human genome was published in Nature Magazine.

1992

Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was sentenced to life in prison.

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