{"id":42940,"date":"2018-12-21T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=42940"},"modified":"2018-12-19T11:58:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T17:58:14","slug":"this-day-in-history-first-basketball-game-is-played","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=42940","title":{"rendered":"This Day In History &#8212; First Basketball Game is Played"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>December 21<\/h4>\n<p>1620<br \/>\nThe Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>1891<br \/>\nThe first basketball game, invented at Springfield College in Massachusetts by James E. 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Jackson<br \/>\nactor (1948)<\/p>\n<p>Chris Evert<br \/>\ntennis player (1954)<\/p>\n<p>Ray Romano<br \/>\ncomedian, actor (1957)<\/p>\n<p>Florence Griffith-Joyner<br \/>\nsprinter (1959)<\/p>\n<p>Kiefer Sutherland<br \/>\nactor (1966)<\/p>\n<p>Julie Delpy<br \/>\nactor (1969)<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Stiles<br \/>\nbasketball player (1978)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 21 1620 The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1891 The first basketball game, invented at Springfield College in Massachusetts by James E. 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