The tsunami of 26 December 2004. The cause of the tsunami in Sumatra on 26 December 2004 which affected the entire Indian Ocean was a very violent earthquake of magnitude 9.3 on the Richter scale.
DuSable High School Team, 1954 The first sport that Chicago-area schools adopted for competition was baseball. The earliest match-up on record took place between two academies in 1868, in the midst of the nation's postâCivil War baseball rage.niversities also played central roles in the growth of high-school sports. The University of Chicago sponsored major interscholastic track-and-field meets (1902â1933), tennis tournaments (1895â1932), and basketball tournaments (1917â1930). Northwestern sponsored swim meets (1914â1930) and indoor track (1910â1930).
1896, July 7th-at Springfield College the first game of volleyball was played. 1900, a special ball was designed for the sport. 1900 - YMCA spread volleyball to Canada, the Orient, and the Southern Hemisphere.995, the sport of Volleyball was 100 years old! 1996, 2-person beach volleyball was added to the Olympics. There is a good book, Volleyball Centennial: The First 100 Years, available on the history of the sport.