In contrast, Obama is designated a yearly salary of $400,000, and he reportedly made nearly $800,000 in 2011 due to additional earnings from investments and book royalties.
Dr. James Naismith was a Canadian physical education instructor who invented the game of basketball in 1891 while working at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Basketball was invented in 1891 by physical education instructer  James Naismith at Springfield College in springfield. He created  the game so his phys-ed students could pl â¦ ay a sport in the winter  that was indoors.r. James Naismith, a Canadian born instructor at the Springfield MA YMCA school, wrote the first rules for basketball in December 1891. The first game was played on January 20 1892. The goal was a peach basket nailed to the wall. The score was 1-0, and the wining goal was a 25 foot shot.