The Battle of the Sexes: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in a televised tennis match, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3, at…
The Soviet Union beats the United States winning top honors in the Munich Olympics medal count. Soviet allied-East Germany comes…
In Iceland, the 15 year old Chicago born chess prodigy openly took on the Soviets in an attempt to reverse…
Mark Spitz, a swimmer from the United States, set a world record when he won seven gold medals (while on…
The Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series in 7 games against the Baltimore Orioles. The Pirates’ Roberto Clemente, who turned…
Muhammed Ali Underdog symbol of anti-establishment
A chartered plane carrying 75 football players, coaches, and prominent residents of Huntington, WV and Marshall University crashed just short…
The Wichita State University football team’s “Gold” plane crashes in Colorado, killing most of the players. They were on their…
Boston’s feared “Big Bad Bruins,” led by 24 yr-old Bobby Orr win NHL’s Stanley Cup. The image of Orr, the…
Broadway Joe Joe Namath, the charismatic quarterback of the underdog New York Jets who goaded the Super Bowl favorites “the…