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This Day In History: 02/22/1980 – Hockey Miracle on Ice

The Miracle on Ice Olympic Winter hockey team coached by Herb Brooks beat the Soviet Union, and the Purple Heart military decoration was reinstituted because of terrorism in This Day in History video. The date is February 22nd. Also, on this date Spain agreed to give Florida to the U.S.

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