On this day in sports: February 22

1. 1959 Lee Petty won the first edition of the Daytona 500, a NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Florida. Source
2. 1980 At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice. Source
3. 1980 Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3. Source
4. 1997 Born: Jerome Robinson, American basketball player Source
5. 2004 Died: Andy Seminick, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1920) Source
6. 2007 Died: Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (born 1954) Source

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