Wikipedia - On this exact day 47 years ago, Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in a tennis exhibition match known as the "Battle of the Sexes." Watched by 90 million people
![September 20, 1973: Billie Jean King Defeated Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes” Tennis Match - Lifetime September 20, 1973: Billie Jean King Defeated Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes” Tennis Match - Lifetime](https://cropper.watch.aetnd.com/cdn.watch.aetnd.com/sites/5/2017/09/BillieJeanKing_trophy.jpg?w=548)
September 20, 1973: Billie Jean King Defeated Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes” Tennis Match - Lifetime
![From the archive, 22 September 1973: Joke over for Riggs after Billie Jean triumph | Tennis | The Guardian From the archive, 22 September 1973: Joke over for Riggs after Billie Jean triumph | Tennis | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e3c6a09e9e033d9e78ca75fcfc076ac758b95bad/0_1015_2406_1444/master/2406.jpg?width=465&quality=85&dpr=1&s=none)
From the archive, 22 September 1973: Joke over for Riggs after Billie Jean triumph | Tennis | The Guardian
![Fifty years after 'Battle of the Sexes,' Billie Jean King says sports equality is 'just getting started' - nj.com Fifty years after 'Battle of the Sexes,' Billie Jean King says sports equality is 'just getting started' - nj.com](https://www.nj.com/resizer/Bw5ba_PSG8A-Y0Pa9AauzfVWfL0=/1280x0/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/TYNJOKDJ2NAIPPAMUQFDA4JC3A.jpg)
Fifty years after 'Battle of the Sexes,' Billie Jean King says sports equality is 'just getting started' - nj.com
![20th September 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the 'Battle of the Sexes' tennis match - YouTube 20th September 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the 'Battle of the Sexes' tennis match - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T9zu7g2fjf0/mqdefault.jpg)
20th September 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the 'Battle of the Sexes' tennis match - YouTube
![Remembering Battle of the Sexes between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs | Sports | santafenewmexican.com Remembering Battle of the Sexes between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs | Sports | santafenewmexican.com](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/santafenewmexican.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/65/b65947a5-b03a-571e-bb1b-bc7059699376/59c5c048b88e2.image.jpg?resize=328%2C500)