2014 Event American doctor Craig Spencer has been diagnosed with Ebola after recently returning to New York from Sierra Leone; Spencer rode the subway, went bowling, and took a taxi the day before he began displaying symptoms 1998 Event ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by 1997 Event WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom 1997 Event ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen 1997 Event Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant 1996 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational 1996 Event BPAA U.S. Bowling Open by Dave Husted 1996 Event BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Liz Johnson 1996 Event WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner 1996 Event ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel 1995 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen 1995 Death Harold Larwood, cricket (98 wkts bowling for England 1926-34), dies at 91 1995 Event WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma 1995 Event ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby 1995 Event General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby 1994 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1994 Event BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Aleta Sill 1994 Event WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan 1994 Event General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke 1993 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo 1993 Event ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware 1993 Event Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by George Branham 1992 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1992 Event WIBC Bowling Queens won by Cindy Coburn-Carroll 1992 Event Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell 1991 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Lorrie Nichols 1991 Event ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent 1991 Event Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio 1990 Event BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie 1990 Event WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann 1990 Event ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren 1990 Event Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro 1989 Event Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1987 Event Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett 1986 Event Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman 1985 Event Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams 1983 Event Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball 1982 Event Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin 1982 Event Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853 1980 Event ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton 1980 Event Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb 1978 Event Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling 1978 Event Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 1973 Event WIBC Bowling Queens won by Dotty Fothergill 1973 Event ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar 1973 Event BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Millie Martorella 1973 Event Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 vs. WI Georgetown 1973 Event Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs. Pakistan at SCG 1969 Event BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick 1969 Event Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman 1969 Event ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney 1968 Event WKGB TV channel 53 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Event BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Jim Stefanich 1968 Event BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dotty Fothergill 1968 Event ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas 1965 Birthday Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green, Ohio, catcher for the Baltimore Orioles 1965 Event Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling 1964 Event WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707) 1963 Death Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies 1962 Event WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting 1960 Birthday Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer, bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka 1958 Event "Jackpot Bowling" premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host 1957 Event Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record 1955 Birthday Bill Lloyd, Bowling Green, Kentucky, singer, Foster and Lloyd-Crazy Over You 1952 Event American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter 1951 Event American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament 1950 Event American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule 1945 Event DePaul beats Bowling Green for NIT title 1939 Event 1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc) 1938 Event American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors) 1936 Event Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U vs. MCC 1935 Event Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games 1934 Event Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins in games 1933 Birthday Ian Sinclair, cricketer, 2 Tests New Zealand vs. WI 1956, bowling average 120.00 1926 Birthday Don Carter, bowling great, 1st PBA president 1925 Birthday D G "Dattu" Phadkar, cricketer, pace bowling all-rounder for India 1925 Birthday Eric Dempster, cricketer, New Zealand slow bowl of mid-50's, bowling avg 109.5 1917 Event 1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St. Louis 1913 Event William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300 1909 Birthday William Huston Natcher, born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Representative-D-Kentucky 1953 - 1994 1902 Event 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill) 1898 Event 32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32 1895 Event American Bowling Congress forms (New York City) 1893 Event 1st U.S. bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York 1891 Birthday Francis McDonald, Bowling Green, Kentucky, actor, Will-Adv of Champion 1875 Event National Bowling Association organized in New York City 1865 Death John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green Virginia at 27 1862 Event Bowling ball invented 1840 Event 1st recorded bowling match in U.S., Knickerbocker Alleys, New York City 1520 Event King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall
