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Cyber John S. Ismil BSED-Science 3 03/02/2021

Activity 1 BASKETBALL TIMELINE

Create a timeline arranged in chronological order the events in the history of Basketball.
Date Event
Basketball was created by 1891. The location where all of this
started was in a YMCA Training School in Springfield,
December 14, 1891 Massachusetts where Dr.James Naismith accepted the job of an
instructor.The main idea of the sport was it to be indoors and a small
space.
Gymnastics instructor Senda Berenson Abbott adapts James
Naismith's basketball rules for women and introduces the game at
January 1, 1892
Smith College. First inter-institutional contest between the
University of California and Miss Head's School.
Dr. James Naismith created 13 different rules so that each team
could have an equal opportunity to win. The first time people knew
January 15, 1892
about these rules was in Springfield College school newspaper The
Triangle.
A soccer ball (football) was used for the first two years. In 1894 the
first basketball was marketed. It was laced, measured close to 32
January 1, 1894
inches (81 cm), or about 4 inches (10 cm) larger than the soccer ball,
in circumference, and weighed less than 20 ounces (567 grams).
The first ever college basketball game was played on January 18,
January 18, 1896 1896, when the University of Iowa invited student athletes from the
new University of Chicago for an experimental game.
This was the first known professional basketball game was played in
Trenton New Jersey between the Trenton YMCA and the Brooklyn
YMCA. The game was played at the Trenton Masonic temple, and
November 7, 1896 an admission fee was charged for admittance into the game. Each
player got $15 dollars except Fred Cooper who got $16 dollars, and
became the first highest paid player. Trenton defeated Brooklyn 15-1
to win the first ever professional basketball game.
In Naismith's original 13 rules, the ball could be batted in any
direction with one or both hands, but it could not be dribbled because
players could not move with the ball. Beginning in 1910 a player
January 1, 1916
could dribble the ball, but could not shoot after dribbling. It was not
until 1916, following heated debate that players were allowed to
shoot after dribbling.
June 18, 1932 World basketball was growing, but it was on June 18, 1932 that a
real international organization was formed, to coordinate
tournaments and teams: that day, Argentina, Czechoslovakia,
Greece, Italy, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and Switzerland founded
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the International Basketball Federation. Its work was fundamental

for the first inclusion of basketball in the Berlin Olympic Games in
1936.
1936 basketball became an official sport and the United States team
easily dominated the competition. The games were played outdoors
on a converted tennis court, and the 1936 championship game was
August 7, 1936 played during a rainstorm with 1,000 standing fans. Following this,
the United States won every Olympic basketball championship until
1972.The USA men have dominated in Olympic basketball, owning
a won-loss slate of 122-5.
The first basketball game is televised, from Madison Square
Garden; Fordham vs the University of Pittsburgh. It was over
February 27, 1940
NBC's experimental station in New York, W2XBS. The game,
in which Pittsburgh beat Fordham 50-37.
Herman Sayger, a high-school basketball phenom cum coach in the
midwest, came up with the idea of a three-point shot in a
February 7, 1945 scoring system that rewarded distance of the shot being made; The
three point line, as well as other rule changes, were tested in a game
between Columbia and Fordham on February 07, 1945.
In 1946 a group of executives in New York City formed yet
another new professional basketball league, known as the
Basketball Association of America (BAA). This new circuit was
June 6, 1946
a direct competitor with the new NBL, with teams in New York
City; Boston, Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Chicago, Illinois; and Detroit, Michigan.
By 1948–49, when the laceless molded ball was made official,
January 1, 1948
the size had been set at 30 inches (76 cm).
USA Basketball was organized in 1974 and known as the Amateur
Basketball Association of the United States of America (ABAUSA).
The name change to USA Basketball occurred Oct. 12, 1989, shortly
October 12, 1989
after FIBA modified its rules to allow professional basketball players
to participate in international competitions. USA Basketball then
admitted the NBA as an active member and made the change.
The NBA Agrees to start a womens Nation Basketball
April 24, 1996
Association (WNBA).
Violet Palmer becomes the first woman to referee a major sporting
October 31, 1997
event. she is soon joined by Dee Kanter.

Reference:
The History of Basketball timeline. Timetoast. Retrieved 5 February 2021, from
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-history-of-basketball.