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, who was an educational philosopher, invented basketball in 1891 in Spingfield, Massachusettes. The Mayans invented a game similar to basketball hundreds or â¦ years ago.