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History Today: US declares the 'global war on terror' after the 9/11 attacks

20 days ago

US President George W Bush addressed a joint session of Congress and the American public to formally declare a global war on terror just nine days after a terrorist attack by al-Qaeda claimed around 3,000 lives. It was also the day in 1973 when Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs, a former world number 1 and self-proclaimed chauvinist, in the legendary 'Battle of the Sexes' tennis match

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