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