1933: Diego Rivera's controversial "Detroit Industry Murals" unveiled at the Detroit Institute of Arts. This combined celebration and criticism of the Ford Motor Company and it's workers by the celebrated Mexican, marxist artist remain on display in Detroit. 1953: The S.S. Badger begins its ferry service between Michigan and Wisconsin.

1971: Lake Superior State University starts Snowman Burning, initiating a tradition to bid farewell to winter. 1919: Women permitted to serve jury duty in Wayne County. 1970: Head of MI Civil Rights Commission assassinated in Detroit. The case remains unsolved, but widespread presumption suggests his aggressive pursuit of equal treatment for all Michiganders was the motive behind the killing.

1925: MI Legislature passes law requiring all recreational fishermen to purchase a state Department of Natural Resources license. 1897: MI Supreme Court rules against holding multiple government offices after Hazen Pingree serves as both Governor of Michigan and Mayor of Detroit. 1991: John Voelker, former MI Supreme Court Justice and author of "Anatomy of a Murder," dies at 87.

1972: Due to parental complaints, the University of Michigan disbanded the student housing experiment called "Xanadu," where male and female students cohabited. At least one Wolverine student was told not to return home after participating in the then-radical experiment. 1911: Alma, MI, placed 2,400 surprise Easter Eggs in their mailboxes for their dedicated mail carriers.

1808: Detroit's first St. Patrick's Day parade. 2014: MSU started building $730M Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) with US Dept of Energy. Completed 6 years later as leading hub in particle physics, especially for rare isotopes.

2013: MI Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation which banned state school districts from deducting union dues from employee's paychecks. 1846: State Rep. Joseph Kilbourne's impassioned arguments led the legislature to choose Lansing as Michigan's new state Capitol, ending a long search for a location.

1867: Birthday of pottery legend & MI Women's Hall of Fame member, Mary Chase Perry Straton. Born in Hancock, MI, her Pewabic Pottery (named after river near her birthplace in the Upper Peninsula) became world famous suppliers to architectural films. Straton went town to found the ceramic department at the University of Michigan. 1982: Zingerman's Deli founded in Ann Arbor.

1968: Three weeks before his assassination at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN, Dr. Martin Luther King delivers his speech "The Other America" in Grosse Point, MI. Several interruptions were made throughout the evening by racist, segregationist attendees.

1872: After 25 years with a temporary location for our seat of government, MI Governor Baldwin calls for new Capitol Building to be built. Elijah E. Myers of Springfield, IL would design the still-used building in a design named "Tuebor." Latin for "I will defend," a phrase found on the Michigan State Seal.

1974: After public spectacles across US college campuses, the streaking phenomenon hits Ann Arbor with 5 baring all to an assembled crowd of thousands. A later attempt by Wolverine students in the same year drew 70 brave participants in less-than-their-skivvies, attracting a larger, yet still titillated crowd of onlookers.