The Battle of the Sexes
A look at the events leading up to the 1973 tennis match between retired men's champ Bobby Riggs and the current women's Wimbledon winner Billie Jean King.
February 25, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA
9 July 1947, San Francisco, California, USA
24 July 1920, New York City, New York, USA
25 October 1941, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
10 January 1949, Marshall, Texas, USA
August 16, 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
9 October 1940, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
26 September 1981, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
3 December 1927, Wall Lake, Iowa, USA
23 October 1925, Corning, Iowa, USA
3 January 1950, Fukuoka, Japan
25 March 1934, Toledo, Ohio, USA
15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
21 December 1954, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
19 April 1987, Nyagan, Tyumen Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
9 January 1913, Yorba Linda, California, USA
11 July 1990, Odense, Denmark
4 August 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
26 May 1907, Winterset, Iowa, USA
18 February 1933, Tokyo, Japan
17 June 1980, Lynwood, California, USA
August 9, 1938 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
24 July 1932, Hooker, Oklahoma, USA
4 November 1916, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA