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 by James Naismith in December, 1891. He created the sport in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was a physical education teacher at the Springfield Y â¦ MCA.acts about Dr. James Naismith James Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario in 1861. He was educated at McGill University and Presbyterian College in Montreal. He was the physical education teacher at McGill University (1887 to 1890) and at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts (1890 to 1895).