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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.
18 February 1933, Tokyo, Japan
August 16, 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
9 July 1947, San Francisco, California, USA
15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
August 9, 1938 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
26 September 1981, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
February 25, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA
23 October 1925, Corning, Iowa, USA
25 March 1934, Toledo, Ohio, USA
9 October 1940, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
24 July 1920, New York City, New York, USA
24 July 1932, Hooker, Oklahoma, USA
29 May 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
22 November 1943, Long Beach, California, USA
4 August 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
21 December 1954, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
3 January 1950, Fukuoka, Japan
4 November 1916, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
3 December 1927, Wall Lake, Iowa, USA
9 January 1913, Yorba Linda, California, USA
17 June 1980, Lynwood, California, USA
