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Today in History: September 20, Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in tennis 'battle of the sexes'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOn Sept. 20, 1973, in their so-called “battle of the sexes,” tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, at the Houston Astrodome. In 1519, Portuguese ...
Today in History: March 12, Grant takes over Union armies
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn March 12, 2009, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty in New York to pulling off perhaps the biggest swindle in Wall Street history; he would be sentenced to 150 years behind ...