Daily Archives: September 20, 2023

Singer-songwriter Jim Croce killed in a plane crash in Natchitoches, Louisiana 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1973)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s


Video: 'The Jim Croce Story' (Sept. 20, 1973, at 28:00)

(Thursday, September 20, 1973, at about 10:45 p.m. CDT) — American folk and rock singer-songwriter Jim Croce, 30, and five other people were killed tonight when when their chartered Beechcraft E18S crashed into a tree during takeoff from the Natchitoches Regional Airport in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Continue reading Singer-songwriter Jim Croce killed in a plane crash in Natchitoches, Louisiana 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1973) →

Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ at Houston Astrodome 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1973)

1970s, Television 1970s


Video: 'Tennis Battle of the Sexes special (September 20, 1973)'

(Thursday, September 20, 1973, approximately 10:25 p.m. EDT) — Women’s Wimbledon champion Billie Jean King, 29, defeated 1939 men’s champion Bobby Riggs, 55, tonight in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, in their $100,000 winner-take-all “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match at the Astrodome in Houston before a record crowd of 30,492, televised live on ABC. Continue reading Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ at Houston Astrodome 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1973) →

Confederates defeat Union forces at Chickamauga in northwestern Georgia during American Civil War 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1863)

1860s, American Civil War


Video: 'Chickamauga: Animated Battle Map'

(Sunday, September 20, 1863, 7:30 p.m. local time; in the Western Theater of the American Civil War) — The Battle of Chickamauga, fought between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War since Friday, September 18, 1863, in northwestern Georgia, ended tonight in a Confederate victory when three Union regiments that had been attached from other units—the 22nd Michigan, the 89th Ohio, and the 21st Ohio—were surrounded by Brig. Gen. William Preston’s division and forced to surrender. Continue reading Confederates defeat Union forces at Chickamauga in northwestern Georgia during American Civil War 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1863) →