Miracle on Ice

The U.S. hockey team scoring the winning goal against the Russians at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., Feb. 22, 1980. The next day The Times reported on its front page, “In one of the most startling and dramatic upsets in Olympic history, the underdog United States hockey team, composed in great part of collegians, defeated the defending champion Soviet squad by 4-3 tonight. The victory brought a congratulatory phone call to the dressing room from President Carter and set off fireworks over this tiny Adirondack village.”