Michigan Minute

1941: Detroit produces first tank for World War II, and it is tested for military brass in Warren, MI. Ultimately, 22,000 tanks would be made for the war effort.

1918: First Fordson Tractor given to friend of Henry Ford. 1954: Controversial Oscar-winning documentarian Michael Moore born in Davison, MI.

1933: The Michigan and Huron Institute, later Kalamazoo College chartered in the Michigan Territory. 2017: Lois E. Holt, civil rights activist and Michigan's first Black school teacher passes away.

1948: Amid the start of the Cold War, MSU Student James Zarichny takes a stand and defies the Michigan Senate's Committee on Un-American Activities.

1912: Detroit Tigers inaugurate playing in the 23,000-seat Navin Field, which would later be rechristened as Tiger Stadium, in a game against Cleveland.

1912: Glenn T. Seaborg, born in Ishpeming, Michigan, discovered Seaborgium, one of only 13 atomic elements named after people. 1927: WWJ aired the first radio broadcast of a regular season Detroit Tigers baseball game, with the Tigers securing an 8-5 win against Cleveland.

1837: Grand Rapids saw the publication of its first newspaper, the Grand River Times, after a tumultuous journey involving a shipwreck and a sled dog-assisted transport across ice.

1893: St. Joseph, Michigan, was struck by a powerful tidal wave, causing widespread damage and described as the first of its kind in years. 1955: Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers made history by becoming the youngest baseball player to win the league batting title, a milestone in his legendary career that spanned over two decades.

1912: Harriet Quimby, a Michigan native, made history as the first woman to fly solo over the English Channel. 2018: Des Linden, hailing from Brooks, Michigan, clinched victory in the Boston Marathon, becoming the first American woman to win since 1985, amidst a jubilant, rain-soaked crowd.

1912: The Titanic tragedy unfolded in the North Atlantic, with a Michigan couple, Dickinson and Helen Bishop, among the first to board lifeboats. 1911: The Detroit Tigers played their legendary "Blizzard Game," where heavy snow made baseball challenging. 2002: Byron 'Whizzer' White, once a Detroit Lions star, passed away, leaving behind a legacy as both an athlete and a U.S. Supreme Court justice.