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DECEMBER 14, 1891. Basketball Initiation. Basketball was created in 1891. The location where all of this started was in a YMCA Training School in Springfield, 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. 

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Basketball was created in 1891. The location where all of this started was in a YMCA Training School in Springfield, 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

JANUARY 01, 1892. Women’s basketball initiation Gymnastics instructor Senda Berenson Abbott adapts James Naismith's basketball rules for women and introduces the game at Smith College. First inter-institutional contest between the University of California and Miss Head's School. 

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Women’s basketball initiation Gymnastics instructor  Senda  Berenson Abbott adapts James Naismith's basketball rules for women and introduces the game at Smith College. First inter-institutional contest between the University of California and Miss Head's School

JANUARY 15, 1892. Original 13 Basketball Rules Released. 

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Original 13 Basketball Rules Released Dr. James Naismith created 13 different rules so that each team could have end equal opportunity to win. The first-time people knew about these rules was in Springfield College school newspaper The Triangle.

JANUARY 01, 1894 JANUARY 18, 1896. A soccer ball (football) was used for the first two years. In 1894 the first basketball was marketed.. 

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A soccer ball (football) was used for the first two years.  In 1894 the  first basketball  was marketed.

The  first ever college basketball game  was played on January 18, 1896, when the University of Iowa invited student athletes from the new University of Chicago for an experimental game.

JUNE 18, 1932 AUGUST 07, 1936. FORMATION OF FIBA. 

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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 the International Basketball Federation. Its work was fundamental for the first inclusion of basketball in the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936.

became an official sport and the United States team easily dominated the competition 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

FEBRUARY 07, 1945: Inventor of 3point line. Inventor of 3 point line Howard Hobson. 

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FEBRUARY 07, 1945: Inventor of 3point line

Herman  Sayger , a high-school basketball phenom cum coach in the  midwest , came up with the idea of a three-point shot in a 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.

JUNE 06, 1946. BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA LEAGUE. 

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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 a direct competitor with the new NBL, with teams in New York City; Boston, Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; and Detroit, Michigan.

AUGUST 01, 1984. THE “GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME” – Michael Jordan. 

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THE “GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME” – Michael Jordan

The quot Greatest Player of all time quot Michael Jordan

Coming off a gold medal performance at the 1984 Olympics prospered in the pro game with a fabulous first season, earning the Rookie of the Year;

APRIL 24, 1996 OCTOBER 31, 1997. NBA Start a Women’s Nation Basketball Association. 

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NBA Start a Women’s Nation Basketball Association

The NBA Agrees to start a women’s Nation Basketball Association (WNBA)

Violet becomes the first woman to referee a major sporting event. She is soon joined by Dee Kanter.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF BASKETBALL

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