ON THIS DAY IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
February 22, 1980
The United States Hockey Team Beats the
Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics
On this day in 1980, the United States hockey team beat the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in
what has become known as the Miracle on Ice.
The U.S. went on to win the gold metal beating Finland in the gold metal round. Up until that time, the Soviet
Union hockey team had dominated the sport, having won every gold metal since 1964.
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