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Amhearst becomes first college to establish a men's physical education program
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California becomes first state to pass physical education legislation.
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The word "aerobic" was used for the first time in 1875, when the French Doctor, Pasteur classified the bacteria that needed oxygen.
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American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education founded (AAAPE)
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Playground Association of America founded
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Results of the Kraus-Weber tests were published, which stated negative results of the fitness
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AAHPER Youth Fitness Test established
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In the 1960s, Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper developed a system of exercises to prevent coronary artery sickness.
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President Kennedy reforms the the Council on Youth Fitness started by Eisenhower.
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Cooper applied these aerobic physical activity programs to groups of people that suffered from cardiovascular diseases.
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the number of people doing aerobics in the United States increased from an estimated 6 million to 19 million
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As early as 1982, sport aerobics began to be promoted worldwide by the International Aerobics Federation through U.S. and Japan.
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In 1983, the United States Congress declared May as "National Physical Fitness and Sports Month".
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In 1983, sport aerobics was invented, which is now called aerobic gymnastics.
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In June 2010, President Barack Obama renamed the agency the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition