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Today in History: February 22, US hockey team beats USSR in ‘Miracle on Ice’

Also on this date, scientists in Scotland announced they had successfully cloned an adult mammal for the first time, a sheep they named “Dolly”

Team USA hockey players celebrate with the crowd at the Winter Olympic Games in 1980
LAKE PLACID, NY – FEB 22: Team USA celebrates their 4-3 victory over the Soviet Union in the first final round match Men’s Ice Hockey event at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York on February 22, 1980. The game was dubbed “the Miracle on Ice”. The USA went on to win the gold medal by defeating Finland 4-2 in the gold medal game. (Photo by Steve Powell /Getty Images)
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The “Miracle on Ice” took place at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, as the United States Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union, 4-3.

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