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1998 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by
1997 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom 1997 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen 1997 Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant 1996 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational 1996 BPAA U.S. Bowling Open by Dave Husted 1996 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Liz Johnson 1996 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner 1996 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel 1995 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen 1995 Harold Larwood, cricket (98 wkts bowling for England 1926-34), dies at 91 1995 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma 1995 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby 1995 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby 1994 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1994 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Aleta Sill 1994 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan 1994 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke 1993 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo 1993 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware 1993 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by George Branham 1992 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1992 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Cindy Coburn-Carroll 1992 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell 1991 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Lorrie Nichols 1991 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent 1991 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio 1990 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie 1990 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann 1990 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren 1990 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro 1989 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1987 Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett 1986 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman 1985 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams 1983 Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball 1982 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin 1982 Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853 1980 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton 1980 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb 1978 Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling 1978 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 1973 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Dotty Fothergill 1973 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar 1973 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Millie Martorella 1973 Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 vs. WI Georgetown 1973 Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs. Pakistan at SCG 1969 BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick 1969 Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman 1969 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney 1968 WKGB TV channel 53 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Jim Stefanich 1968 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dotty Fothergill 1968 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas 1965 Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green, Ohio, catcher for the Baltimore Orioles 1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling 1964 WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707) 1963 Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies 1962 WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting 1960 Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer, bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka 1958 "Jackpot Bowling" premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host 1957 Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record 1955 Bill Lloyd, Bowling Green, Kentucky, singer, Foster and Lloyd-Crazy Over You 1952 American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter 1951 American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament 1950 American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule 1945 DePaul beats Bowling Green for NIT title 1939 1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc) 1938 American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors) 1936 Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U vs. MCC 1935 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games 1934 Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins in games 1933 Ian Sinclair, cricketer, 2 Tests New Zealand vs. WI 1956, bowling average 120.00 1926 Don Carter, bowling great, 1st PBA president 1925 D G "Dattu" Phadkar, cricketer, pace bowling all-rounder for India 1925 Eric Dempster, cricketer, New Zealand slow bowl of mid-50's, bowling avg 109.5 1917 1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St. Louis 1913 William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300 1909 William Huston Natcher, born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Representative-D-Kentucky 1953 - 1994 1902 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill) 1898 32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32 1895 American Bowling Congress forms (New York City) 1893 1st U.S. bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York 1891 Francis McDonald, Bowling Green, Kentucky, actor, Will-Adv of Champion 1875 National Bowling Association organized in New York City 1865 John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green Virginia at 27 1862 Bowling ball invented 1840 1st recorded bowling match in U.S., Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City 1520 King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall |
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