Posted by Valdette Muller in Beagle, Dog Breeds, on 4 Sep 2013. We all know Snoopy, the most famous beagle on earth. In the comic strip, he is a highly evolved beagle who loves root beer and pizza and the most likely place to find him is on the rooftop of his doghouse reading Tolstoy. But beyond the funny pages, the beagle hound as we know them today has evolved from humble beginnings to one of the worldâs most loved dog breeds.
Basketball was invented in December 1891 by a Canadian gym teacher named James Naismith. He invented basketball as he needed a way to keep his gym class active on days where it was not possible to be outside. He wrote some simple rules and used and peach basket and a soccer ball to play the first game. The first game of basketball was played on January 20, 1892.
Wiki Commons. Dr. James Naismith was the Canadian-born physical education instructor who, inspired by a teaching assignment and his own childhood, invented basketball in 1891. Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario and educated at McGill University and Presbyterian College in Montreal.r. Naismith, who became a medical doctor in 1898, was subsequently hired by the University of Kansas that same year. He went on to establish one of collegiate basketballâs most storied programs and served as the Athletic Director and faculty member at the university for nearly 40 years, retiring in 1937.