Sonja Henie
Chronology
| 1912 | Born April 8, outside of Oslo, Norway, to Hans Wilhelm Henie and Selma Lochman Nielsen |
| 1918 | Receives first pair of ice skates |
| 1921 | Wins Norway's junior-level national competition |
| 1922 | Studies with private tutor to allow for longer practice sessions |
| 1923 | Wins Norwegian National Championship |
| 1927 | Sees Anna Pavlova dance in London |
| 1927 | Wins first of ten Women's World Figure Skating Championship titles |
| 1928 | Awarded Olympic gold medal in figure skating at St. Moritz |
| 1930 | Performs in New York City's Madison Square Garden in amateur exhibition |
| 1932 | Awarded Olympic gold medal in figure skating at Lake Placid |
| 1936 | Awarded Olympic gold medal in figure skating at Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
| 1936 | Wins tenth World Championship title |
| 1936 | Signs contract to skate in U.S. tour, Sonja Henie's Night, |
| 1936 | Rents Hollywood arena to woo filmmakers |
| 1936 | Signs five-year contract with Twentieth-Century Fox |
| 1936 | Appears in first film, One in a Million |
| 1937 | Begins touring in Hollywood Ice Review |
| 1938 | Rated third-most-popular film star in poll |
| 1940 | Marries Daniel Reid Topping |
| 1941 | Becomes U.S. citizen |
| 1946 | Divorces Daniel Reid Topping |
| 1948 | Makes last film in Hollywood |
| 1949 | Marries Winthrop Gardiner, Jr. |
| 1952 | Ends long relationship with promoter Arthur Wirtz and tours independently |
| 1952 | Stops appearing in arena-style shows after bleacher accident injures 250 spectators |
| 1956 | Divorced by Winthrop Gardiner, Jr. |
| 1956 | Marries Niels Onstad |
| 1956 | Retires from professional skating |
| 1958 | Appears in British film Hello London |
| 1968 | Donates modern art collection to Norway; builds Henie-Onstad Museum near Oslo |
| 1968 | Diagnosed with leukemia |
| 1969 | Dies on ambulance plane flying from Paris to Oslo |
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