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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.
9 October 1940, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
3 December 1927, Wall Lake, Iowa, USA
February 25, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA
19 April 1987, Nyagan, Tyumen Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
23 October 1925, Corning, Iowa, USA
21 December 1954, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
24 July 1932, Hooker, Oklahoma, USA
August 16, 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
24 July 1920, New York City, New York, USA
17 June 1980, Lynwood, California, USA
26 September 1981, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
9 July 1947, San Francisco, California, USA
25 October 1941, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
11 July 1990, Odense, Denmark
18 February 1933, Tokyo, Japan
3 January 1950, Fukuoka, Japan
