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James Naismith

Chronology

1861	Born November 6 in Almonte, Ontario, Canada
1890	Arrives in Springfield, Massachusetts, to take courses in spiritual and physical development at a Y.M.C.A. training school at the School for Christian Workers (now Springfield College)
1891	Invents the game of basketball at the Y.M.C.A. in Springfield
1894	Marries Maude Shermann
1895	Becomes PE director at a Y.M.C.A. in Denver, Colorado
1898	Obtains medical degree from University of Colorado Medical School
1898	Becomes assistant gymnasium director at Kansas University
1909	Becomes a professor and doctor at Kansas University
1914	Serves as captain in Kansas First Infantry regiment
1915	Becomes a Presbyterian minister
1917	Serves 19-month post in France as Y.M.C.A. Secretary
1919	Becomes director of Kansas University's PE section
1925	Takes American citizenship
1936	Sees basketball become an official international sport at the Olympic Games in Berlin
1939	Dies on November 28 in Lawrence, Kansas