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.
== == James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts but at the time he used a soccer ball.U.S. patent #1,718,305 was granted to G.L. Pierce on June 25, 1929 for the basketball used in the game. Spaulding was one of the first companies that manufactured basketballs.asketball 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.