Bowling History in Dates and Facts
It would seem that more can be added to the history of bowling. It turns out you can. It is enough to state it in chronological order:
3200 BC – Egyptians play a primitive form of bowling.
200-300 ne. – German monks presented bowling to the public as a religious ritual. Martin Luther standardized the game, called it “pins,” and brought the number of pins to 9.
1300 years – Bowling lawns appear in wealthy European royal houses.
1455 – the first indoor bowling center was built in central London.
1465 – Edward IV issues a law prohibiting “fussing with stones” and other bowling-like games.
1555 – bowling centers were closed because they were used as places for “illegal gatherings.”
1611 – Captain James Smith returned to his colony in Jamestown, Virginia, and discovered that the colonists were starving, but were happy to play bowling. The game was quickly declared illegal, and for insubordination threatened up to three weeks in custody.
1623 – The Dutch enjoyed playing bowling (9 pins) in their colony New York.
1670 – The English king Charles, who adored gambling, standardized the rules of the game in order to equalize the chances of players.
1840 – Bowling alleys, which are almost always associated with taverns, are growing in popularity in the USA.
1870 – nine-bowling bowling is banned because it is associated with gambling and crime. In order to circumvent this ban, ten-skittle bowling is created, which is quickly becoming popular.
1895 – The American Bowling Congress was formed.
1909 – J.D. Estes from Philadelphia invents the Skee-Ball game (a ski ball), a game remotely resembling a bowling alley.
1916 – The International Women’s Bowling Congress (WIBC) is created in America.
1927 – World Champion Jimmy Smith wins a friendly game against local bowler Mrs. Floretta McCutcheon; this match led to the appearance of Ms. McCuchen’s Bowling Rules School.
1950 years – after the invention of pins installation devices, bowling becomes a mass sport. Active attempts are being made to make bowling popular with high society. Capezio (Capezio) creates a line for the production of bowling shoes, the advertisement shows a high-society lady playing bowling.
1958 – The logo of the Brunswick company was created; the excitement among the teenagers, they are storming new high-tech products of the company, sellers have to escape through the back door.
1959 – Ed Lubanski from Detroit scores 700 points for his five team at the ABC Championship.
1961 – the number of bowling lanes in the USA increases from 6,500 to 10,000 or more; the diameter of the pins of the skittles increases and 7/10 ounces are added to their weight.
1963 – The Americans spent $ 43.6 million dollars a year on the purchase of bowling balls.
1966 – Dick Weber for the fourth time in five years wins the US Open Bowling Championship.
1984 – A bowling museum opens in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Hall of Fame is created. In a complex worth $ 7 million, four tracks of 1924 are placed (manual pins installation machines). They can play four frames for $ 3. In the same year, Jim Webb breaks the record for game duration by throwing balls for 195 hours and 1 minute.
1990 – ABC cites data indicating that 50 million people are playing bowling in the world. X Magazine is released with funny bowling stories.