Sport: On this day: Born April 8, 1912: Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater
(Reuters Sports)

Oslo`s shock April snowfall of 1912 is remembered as one of the city`s more memorable events of the last century, but it pales in comparison to the emergence of Sonja Henie, the precocious figure-skater who went on to become a hugely successful Hollywood movie star and performer, in its wake.