On This Day: U.S. figure skating team killed in plane crash
On Feb. 15, 1961, all 18 members of the U.S. figure skating team were killed when their plane crashed in Belgium.
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The 1961 U.S. figure skating team poses before boarding on a flight to an international meet in Prague on February 15, 1961. The plane crashed in Belgium and all 18 members of the team were killed. File Photo courtesy of the World Figure Skating Museum & Hall of Fame
The newly refurbished Kiener Plaza officially reopened on May 19 with a ribbon-cutting celebration in St. Louis. On February 15, 1764, the city of St. Louis was founded along the Mississippi River. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo