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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Sep 20, 2024, 06:43 AM Sep 2024

On this September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs played tennis on TV. [View all]

{Fifty-one} years ago today:

Women's Wimbledon champion Billy Jean King beats former men's Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs in a hyped match in the Astrodome

The event drew a worldwide TV audience of 90 million and the crowd of 30,472 remains the biggest to see a match in the US





Thu Sep 21, 2023: On September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs played tennis on TV.
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