Timeline Friday 22 February 1980

Events on Friday 22 February 1980 2

• 1886 – 1980 Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) Died 22 February 1980, aged 93 Austrian-born painter, poet, and playwright associated with Expressionism, known for intense portraits and landscapes. He fled Nazi persecution in the 1930s and later settled in Britain and Switzerland. His work strongly influenced twentieth-century European art.
• 1980 Miracle on Ice US amateur hockey team upsets the Soviet Union On 22 February 1980, during the Lake Placid Winter Olympics, a team of American college players defeated the heavily favored Soviet national ice hockey team 4-3. The United States went on to win the gold medal two days later. The upset became one of the most celebrated moments in American sports history amid Cold War tensions.