HISTORY TIME LINE OF BASKETBALL 1891 Basketball is invented by Dr. James Naismith‚ an instructor at a YMCA in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. 1895 The backboard is introduced to prevent fans from interfering with play (baskets were often hung on balconies). 1898 The first professional league‚ the National Basketball League‚ is formed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 1908 The dribbler is permited to shoot the ball‚ and the NCAA eliminates the double dribble. 1914 NCAA‚ Amateur Athletic Union and YMCA
Premium National Basketball Association Basketball American Basketball Association
* Science - (from Latin scientia‚ meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. * Political science- Political science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state‚ government‚ and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics‚ and the analysis of political systems and political behavior
Premium Sociology Political philosophy Political science
1876 – 1910: Porfirio Diaz is president (causes of fall: economic recession/US depression‚ food crisis/crop failures‚ workers’ strikes‚ agitation of middle class reformers‚ dissatisfaction of large landholders/capitalists) 1910: Francisco Madero (reformer‚ not revolutionary) attempts presidency‚ Diaz arrests him and he flees to Texas 1910: Written in jail and published in Texas‚ Madero created the Plan of San Luis Potosi‚ assuming provisional presidency‚ calling for free elections‚ and vaguely
Premium Mexican Revolution Mexico
Brief Biography of Abraham Lincoln Date of Birth: Born on February 12 1809 Place of Birth : Kentucky. Parents: Father: Thomas Lincoln Mother: Nancy Hanks Background : Grandfather was Samuel Lincoln who originated from from Hingham‚ England to Massachusetts in 1637. 1809 February 12: Abraham Lincoln is born in Nolin Creek in Kentucky. 1819 December 2: Thomas Lincoln marries a widow‚ Sarah Bush Johnston who becomes stepmother to Abraham Lincoln 1831 Abe settles
Premium Abraham Lincoln
1950 July 26‚ 1950- President Harry Truman authorizes $15 million in military aid to the French. This event is important because it begins the United States military involvement in Vietnam. 1953 January 20‚ 1953- Former five-star Army general‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower‚ becomes the 34th U.S President. This event is important because he becomes America’s new President and because he does a lot with the Vietnam War. 1954 April 7‚ 1954- President Eisenhower introduced the Domino Theory in response to
Free Vietnam War South Vietnam Lyndon B. Johnson
300 Cast • King Leonidas‚ King of Sparta. • Queen Gorgo‚ Queen of Sparta • Pleistarchus‚ son of Leonidas and Gorgo • Theron‚ a fictional corrupt Spartan politician • Dilios‚ narrator and Spartan soldier. • Captain Artemis‚ Leonidas’ loyal captain and friend. • Astinos‚ Captain Artemis’ eldest son. • Daxos‚ an Arcadian leader who joins forces with Leonidas. • Ephialtes‚ a deformed Spartan outcast and traitor. • King Xerxes‚ God-King of Persia • The Loyalist‚ a loyal Spartan politician
Premium Battle of Thermopylae The 300 Spartans Greek mythology
Geography Australia is both the smallest and oldest continent in the world‚ and it is the only country that is also a continent. [1] It is an island located between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific‚ just south of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. At 2‚941‚299 square miles‚ Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world and only about 150‚000 square miles (about the size of Montana) smaller than the continental United States. Its interior land is a flat and sparsely populated desert
Premium Management Customer Education
Marine Science Through The Years 1914 - (April 27) Reginald Fessenden‚ of Submarine Signal Corporation‚ used a Fessenden Oscillator to reflect a signal off an iceberg and simultaneously reflect an acoustic signal off the sea bottom. 1919 - French scientists succeed in running the first line of soundings obtained from an acoustic echo sounder. 1922 - The USS Stewart runs a line of soundings across the Atlantic Ocean using an acoustic echo sounder devised by Dr. Harvey Hayes. 1924 - The Coast
Premium Ocean Earth Atlantic Ocean
DETAILS OF RIZAL’S TRAVEL ABROAD FIRST TRAVEL ABROAD (1882-1887) -After four years in medicine Rizal left the country to continue his study in Europe May 3‚ 1882 -Boarded SS Salvador to Singapore May 9‚ 1882 -Arrived after 5 days and stayed for 2 days in Singapore May 14‚ 1882 -On his way to Marseilles‚ Rizal had a terrible dream. He dreamed he was traveling with Neneng (Saturnina) and their path was blocked by snakes. May17‚1882 -Rizal arrived at Punta de Gales. May 18‚ 1882 -At 7:30 a.m.‚ he left
Premium 1967 1965 Anthropology
1. 5 July 1863 -- Recognition of French rule; becomes part of the French Indochina 2. August 1941- March 1945 – Japanese Occupation during WWII (communist) 3. September 1‚ 1946 -- France renews it’s rule and allows political parties to be formed. Communist Guerrilla parties are formed. 4. September 1951 -- The Indochinese Communist party was dissembled into three major parties -- the KPRP‚ the Workers Party‚ and the Lao Itsala. 5. November 9‚ 1953 -- Cambodia wins its independence
Premium Cambodia