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Dec 1, 1891 - On December 1, 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts, James Naismith hung two half-bushel peach baskets at the opposite ends of a gymnasium and out-lined 13 rules
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The court was half the size of courts used at the NBA League nowadays and only one point was scored in the whole match.
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within 2 years the sport of basketball's popularity has increased greatly.
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This is the date the first college game was ever played.The university of Chicago beat the University of Iowa
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The first professional basketball league was formed.
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College basketball is becoming the most popular winter sport
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eight rule changes were arranged during the meeting of the international Joint Basketball Rules Committee
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the inventor of basketball dies
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Committee voted to start a yearly all star game
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First ever recorded fixed basketball game