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1973 King triumphs in Battle of Sexes On this day in 1973, in a highly publicized "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, top women's player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men's player. Riggs (1918-1995), a self-proclaimed male chauvinist, had boasted that women were inferior, that they couldn't handle... read more »
American Revolution 1777 Redcoats kill sleeping Americans in Paoli Massacre »
Automotive 1960 Mickey Thompson tries again to become the fastest driver in history »
Civil War 1863 Confederates score a victory at the Battle of Chickamauga »
Cold War 1963 Kennedy proposes joint mission to the moon »
Crime 2012 Amish convicted in beard cutting attacks »
Disaster 2002 Avalanche thunders into Russian village »
General Interest 1519 Magellan sets out » 1565 First European battle on American soil » 1946 First Cannes Film Festival »
Hollywood 1934 Actress and international sex symbol Sophia Loren born »
Literary 1878 Upton Sinclair is born »
Music 1975 The Bay City Rollers make their U.S. debut on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell »
Old West 1806 The returning Lewis and Clark reach the first white settlement on the Missouri »
Presidential 1881 Chester Arthur becomes third president to serve in one year »
Sports 1973 King defeats Riggs in Battle of the Sexes II »
Vietnam War 1968 U.S. officials defend use of defoliants » 1972 U.S. planes mine waters in northern Quang Tri »
World War I 1918 U.S. officer George S. Patton writes home after Saint-Mihiel offensive »
World War II 1943 British launch Operation Source »
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