On This Day - September 20, A Shot of History

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1973 – Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sexes_%28tennis%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RqGNauy3E8

1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3bEn6Q9r64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_0Asm73Tys

2011 – The United States military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_ask,_don't_tell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqeepFXJMJM

1934 – Sophia Loren, Italian-Swiss actress and singer, is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Loren
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zaSTehWRZ0

Produced by Anne-Sophie Goninet