1921: According to Referee Magazine, Lloyd W. Olds was a referee for college and high school football games. After one confusing game where he happened to be wearing all-white, which was one of the team's colors as well, Olds was mistakenly tackled. To end that confusion, he had a friend craft the now-iconic black and white stripes, which have gone on to become a tradition for many referees across many different sports.

1966: University of Michigan successfully completes MI's first kidney transplant from Joan Ottenbacher to her twin sister, Janice. The sisters not only lived long, successful lives, but they also both entered into the field of nursing. Since that initial success, U-M's Transplant Center has performed over 10,000 organ transplants, many with a pediatric focus.

1815: Detroit holds "Pacification Ball" to soothe tensions with Canadians during the conclusion of The War of 1812. 2017: Former MI State Representative Robert Daniel Mahoney passes away. Mahoney was the first blind person to be elected to the state house and served with distinction for 18 years, showing many just how much differently-abled people are able to accomplish.

1979: With a great men's basketball team, MSU fans and broadcasters wondered how to honor the team if they made the Final Four, and a parade was agreed upon. However, the Spartans not only entered the Final Four, they ended up winning the entire NCAA Championship, and the parade to the Capitol Building became an even more massive celebration.

1871: Amanda Sanford and Sarah Killgore become the first two women graduates from the University of Michigan. 1912: The Michigan State Senate approves a resolution to adopt the 19th Amendment in support of women's suffrage by a vote of 23-5.

1944: Diana Ross was born in Detroit and would become part of one of Motown's most successful acts - The Supremes. After many years of chart-topping singles, Ross went solo with her eponymous debut album. Billboard magazine titled her "Female Entertainer of the Century" in 1976.

1942: Legendary singer Aretha Franklin was born in Memphis, TN, but she would move to Detroit in her youth. After her gospel upbringing at the New Bethel Baptist Church, she embarked on what would soon be a chart-topping career at just 18 years old. Franklin became known as the "Queen of Soul" and was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She even received a posthumous citation from the Pulitzer Prize.

2016: Flint Water Crisis Whistleblower Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is named on the the 100 Most Influential People by Time Magazine. Through her work, she highlighted the dangerous levels of lead in the bloodwork of Flint's children, which alerted the world to the lead-pipe problems that would be uncovered in the process.

1710: Detroit's first Nain Rouge parade held. An enduring mythological creature of the city, the evil dwarf seemingly ran afoul Detroit founder Antoine Laumet de laMothe Cadillac, and continues to haunt the city. This parade continues today, and is meant to ward off the spirit while encouraging Detroit's growth.

1971: Actor and Comedian Keegan-Michael Key born in Detroit. After University of Detroit Mercy, would be cast on Mad TV, then co-create influential sketch show "Key & Peele." One character from that show brought him alongside President Obama, recreating an "Anger Translator" at the White House Correspondent's Dinner.