Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in tennis 'battle of the sexes'

20.09.1973 - Billie Jean King, left, and Bobby Riggs answer questions at press conference following their match in the Houston Astrodome Sep. 20,1973. King demolished the 55 year old Riggs.(AP...
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20.09.1973 - Tennis star Bobby Riggs is shown during the "Battle of the Sexes" match against Billie Jean King in the Astrodome in Houston, Tex., Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Photo)
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20.09.1973 - Tennis star Bobby Riggs, right side, and Billie Jean King are shown in action during the "Battle of the Sexes" match in the Astrodome in Houston, Tex., Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Photo)
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20.09.1973 - Tennis star Bobby Riggs, bottom, and Billie Jean King are shown in action during the "Battle of the Sexes" match in the Astrodome in Houston, Tex., Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Photo)
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20.09.1973 - Ms. Billie Jean King stretches out to return a smash by Bobby Riggs in their match in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas on Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Photo)
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20.09.1973 - Billie Jean King watches her return to Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" match at the Houston Astrodome, Sept. 20, 1973. Billie Jean King accepted the challenge of Bobby Rig...
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20.09.1973 - Bobby Riggs leaps over the net to congratulate Billie Jean King after she beat him in straight sets in the Houston Astrodome, Texas, on Sept. 20, 1973. King won 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. (AP...
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20.09.1973 - Billie Jean King tennis player in the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match with Bobby Riggs, the 55-year-old veteran, at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas on Sept. 20, 1973...
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20.09.1973 - Tennis star Bobby Riggs, top, and Billie Jean King are shown in action during the "Battle of the Sexes" match in the Astrodome in Houston, Tex., Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Photo))
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21.09.1973 - Heavyweight Champion George Foreman presents the winner’s trophy and a check for $100,000 to Billie Jean King after she defeated Bobby Riggs in the winner-take-all tennis match a...
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20.09.1973 - Ms. Billie Jean King stretches out to return a smash by Bobby Riggs in their match in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas on Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Photo)
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21.09.1973 - Billie Jean King displays her winning form as she goes low to return a volley by Bobby Riggs in their winner take all $100,000 match in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas on Thursday,...
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20.09.1973 - Billie Jean King tennis player in the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match with Bobby Riggs, the 55-year-old veteran, at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas on Sept. 20, 1973...
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21.09.1973 - Bobby Riggs, riding in a rickshaw pulled by some women, makes his grand entrance to the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, Sept. 21, 1973, for his $100,000 winner-take-all match with Bi...
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20.09.1973 - Mrs. Billie Jean King consoles Bobby Riggs after she defeated him in straight sets at the Houston Astrodome in “The Battle of the Sexes” tennis match on Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Pho...
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20.09.1973 - Tennis player Billie Jean King, left, makes a fist while she answers a question at a news conference in Houston, Tex., on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1973. At right is Bobby Riggs smiling...
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20.09.1973 - Supporters of Billie Jean King are shown at the Astrodome in Houston, Tex., Sep 20,1973 as King will participate in a $100,000 winner-take-all "Battle of the Sexes" match against B...
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20.09.1973 - Billie Jean King is shown in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match against Bobby Riggs, the 55-year-old veteran, at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas, Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Ph...
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20.09.1973 - This is part of the crowd that jammed the Astrodome in Houston, Texas on Sept. 20, 1973, to watch the $100,000 winner-take-all match between Ms. Billie Jean King, right, and Bobby...
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20.09.1973 - Tennis star Bobby Riggs is shown in action during the "Battle of the Sexes" match against Billie Jean King in the Astrodome in Houston, Tex., Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Photo)
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20.09.1973 - Billie Jean King is shown in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match against Bobby Riggs, the 55-year-old veteran, at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas, Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Ph...
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20.09.1973 - Bobby Riggs, the 55-year-old veteran, in the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match with Billie Jean King at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas on Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Photo)
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20.09.1973 - Billie Jean King bends down low to send the ball back over the net during the match with Bobby Riggs in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas on Sept. 20, 1973. Ms. King beat Riggs 6-4;...
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20.09.1973 - Billie Jean King goes after a high one as she goes through her final practice round before meeting Bobby Riggs in the $100,000 winner-take-all match at the Astrodome in Houston, Te...
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20.09.1973 - Bobby Riggs walks off the court near the end of the third match in which Billie Jean King defeated the one-time champion of the courts to take the $100,000 winner-take-all tourname...
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20.09.1973 - Tennis star Bobby Riggs, bottom, and Billie Jean King are shown in action during the "Battle of the Sexes" match in the Astrodome in Houston, Tex., Sept. 20, 1973. (AP Photo)
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11.07.1973 - Wimbledon champion Billie Jean King checks the muscle on her nemesis, Bobby Riggs, in New York, July 11, 1973. King and Riggs announced they will meet in a $100,000 tennis grudge m...
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