WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Today is Wednesday, September 20, the 263rd day of 2017. There are 102 days left in the year.

1973 — Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match

1973 — Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season

1975 — David Bowie’s "Fame," single goes #1 for 2 weeks

1976 — Playboy releases Jimmy Carter’s interview that he lusts for women

1976 — Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion

1977 — Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

1979 — Bloodless coup in Central African Rep overthrows Emperor BokassaI

1979 — NASA launches HEAO

1980 — Plaque dedicated in Thurman Munson’s memory at Yankee Stadium