| 1763 | | 7 May:
Pontiac's Rebellion begins with an attack on the British at Fort Detroit.CHL LoA |
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| | 9 May:
Unable to defeat the British in the initial attack, Chief Pontiac lays siege to Fort Detroit. FVoA GoogleBooks |
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| 1897 | | 7 Mar:
The first bowl of flaked corn is served by Dr. John Kellogg at his sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan.W I R E D F&W |
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| 1898 | | 30 Jul:
William Kellogg, understanding the value of the flaked cereal served at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, invents Cornflakes.TiS WCSA |
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| 1903 | | 15 Jul:
The newly formed Ford Motor Company takes its first order.Ford HF |
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| 1908 | | 16 Sep:
General Motors is founded by William "Billy" Durant.AH Forbes |
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| 1913 | | 7 Oct:
Ford debuts the assembly line to speed up Model-T production.BI Hemmings |
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| 1923 | | 18 Jun:
The first Checker Cab rolls off the assembly line in Kalamazoo, Michigan.AH Hagerty |
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| 1926 | | 31 Oct:
Escape artist Harry Houdini dies.tGHH SIMag |
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| 1927 | | 26 May:
After 19 years, production of the Ford Model T ceases.AH HFM |
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| 1932 | | 31 Mar:
Ford unveils its new flathead V8 engine.AH JJ |
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| 1945 | | 25 Jan:
Fluoridation is introduced to drinking water.W I R E D ADA |
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| 1950 | | 24 Sep:
Black Sunday occurs when smoke from forest fires in western Canada makes its way east, darkening the skies in the eastern United States and Canada and as far away as western Europe.BLM WR |
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| 1957 | | 4 Sep:
Ford unveils the Edsel.EP AHM |
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| 1975 | | 30 Jul:
Jimmy Hoffa disappears.TIME TMM |
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| 2003 | |
| 2014 | | 25 Apr:
The Flint Water Crisis begins when the city of Flint, Michigan switches to the Flint River as its source of water in a cost-cutting measure.NRDC npr |
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