Ping Pong History By rugby489 Sep 28, 1880 Created by indian soldiers. Sep 28, 1901 Named "Ping-Pong" It was trademarked by J.Jaques&Son Sep 28, 1902 First "unofficial" world tournament was held Sep 28, 1921 TTA(table tennis assosiation) created in england Sep 28, 1926 ITTF(international table tennis federation) was created Sep 28, 1926 First Official World Tournament Sep 28, 1933 USTTA(united states table tennis assisiation) was created Sep 28, 1955 New Paddles were created made the outside a ridged rubber substance Sep 28, 1971 Presidents of U.S.A and China play ping-pong together Sep 28, 1971 first CommonWealth championship is held Sep 28, 1985 Named an olympic sport Sep 28, 2000 Included in the world summer olympics Sep 28, 2001 Ball size changed from 38mm to 40mm Sep 28, 2001 Scoring system is changed origionally a 21 point system. Now an 11 point. Sep 28, 2049 Johnny Leach wins world championship
