With the largest fed-cattle industry in the world, the United States is also the world's largest producer of beef, primarily high-quality, grain-fed beef for domestic and export use. Nevertheless, the United States is a net beef importer, purchasing lower-value, grass-fed beef destined for processing.
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.
The first college basketball games was played January 18, 1896 between the University of Chicago and Iowa the final score in that game was 15-12. Womenâs basketball was first played in 1892 when a lady gym teacher by the name of Senda Berenson adapted Naismithâs rules for girls. The first official game was played on March 21 1893 between the freshmen and sophomores of Smith College.