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Events on Monday 21 December 1891 1
1891Basketball inventedJames Naismith devises a new indoor sportPhysical education instructor James Naismith devised basketball at a YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts, to give students an indoor winter sport. The first game used peach baskets as goals and a soccer ball. The sport spread rapidly through YMCAs and schools worldwide.