1st - 1861 The 1st Michigan Infantry is mustered into service of the United States at Detroit. Teens Using Drugs: What To Know and What To Do. Part One: What To Know ** 7:30pm - 9:00pm ~ Ypsilanti ~ Washtenaw County
2nd - 1933 The Civilian Conservation Corps comes to Michigan.
3rd - 1921 Sugar Ray Robinson is born. 4th - 1846 A woman, Ernestine Rose, addresses the Michigan legislature speaking about woman suffrage.
5th - 1831 The Detroit Free Press begins publishing.
6th - 1945 Singer/Songwriter, Bog Seger, is born
7th - 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion begins.
8th - 1800 The Northwest Territory is divided. Teens Using Drugs: What To Know and What To Do. Part Two: What To Do ** 7:30pm - 9:00pm ~ Ypsilanti ~ Washtenaw County
9th - 1970 Walter P. Reuther dies.
10th - 1865 Michiganians capture Jefferson Davis.
12th - 1781 Mackinac Island is sold to the British. Home Party Expo ** 10:00am 4:00pm ~ Bad Axe ~ Huron County
13th - 1913 Theodore Roosevelt comes to Marquette.
14th - Mother's Day ** National Police Officers Memorial Day, a day honoring the officers who gave their lives protecting their communities. 1898 Bread prices skyrocket to the unheard-of price of a dime for a two-pound loaf due to the rise in the price of flour during the war with Spain.
15th - 1912 The Tigers go on strike. "Codependency" ** 7:30pm - 9:00pm ~ Ypsilanti ~ Washtenaw County
16th - 1972 Voters approve a state lottery. 17th - 1673 Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet head west. 18th - 1927 Disaster in Bath as a bomb explodes in the Bath Consolidated School, killing 45 people and injuring 51 teachers and students. 19th - 1927 Born in Detroit, Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic Ocean.
20th - 1921 Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers on the 1940s Hal Newhouser is born.
21th - 1696 King Louis XIV orders France's western Great Lakes outposts destroyed.
22nd - Relapse Prevention ** 7:30pm - 9:00pm ~ Ypsilanti ~ Washtenaw County
23th - 24th - 1749 "Come to Detroit" campaign is introduced. >25th - Ascension Day 1822 The steamship "Superior" from Buffalo, N.Y. arrives in Detroit. 26th - 1927 The last Model T is produced. 27th - 1960 Detroit's population drops by 9 percent.
28th - 1913 The Michigan Historical Commission is created.
29th - Memorial Day Observed 1848 Lewis Cass is nominated for the presidency. Al-Anon: A Panel Discussion ** 7:30pm - 9:00pm ~ Ypsilanti ~ Washtenaw County30th - 1930 A memorial was dedicated at Troy�s White Chapel Cemetery remembering the thousands of Michigan men who served in Russia during 1918-19. Sent to northern Russia to counter the Bolshevik Revolution, these American soldiers, nicknamed the �Polar Bears,� originally went to Europe to fight the Germans, not the Russians. 31th - 1942 The last civilian truck is produced before WWII. All Michigan history is courtesy of Michigan History Magazine. |