Category: Sports – This Day

The Lillehammer Winter Olympics opened in Norway, beginning a celebrated Games shaped by compact venues and winter tradition.

Calgary opened Canada’s first Winter Olympics, beginning a 16-day Games remembered for new venues and global personalities.

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won Olympic ice-dance gold with their unforgettable Boléro routine in Sarajevo.

Dale Earnhardt ended years of frustration by winning the Daytona 500 on his twentieth attempt.

The NHL canceled the entire 2004–05 season after a lockout failed to produce a new labor agreement.

The United States defeated Canada 3–1 to win the first Olympic gold medal awarded in women’s ice hockey.

Dale Earnhardt died after a final-lap crash in the Daytona 500, accelerating lasting safety changes across NASCAR.

Sterling Marlin won the Daytona 500 for a second consecutive year, becoming the first repeat winner in more than a decade.

Tara Lipinski won Olympic figure-skating gold at age 15, becoming the youngest individual Winter Games champion.

Kristi Yamaguchi won the women’s figure-skating title in Albertville, returning Olympic gold to the United States.

The United States upset the Soviet Union 4–3 in the Miracle on Ice at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. survived a long rain delay and late challenges to win his second Daytona 500.