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The slaying and subsequent investigation was named the 17th most important Michigan news story of 1950. [1] September 30 - Michigan, ranked No. 3 in the country, lost to Michigan State, 14–7, in Ann Arbor. Michigan played most of the game without its star halfback Chuck Ortmann who was injured on a 35-yard kickoff return in the first quarter ...
Dunbar, Willis F. and George S. May. Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State, 3rd ed. (1995) the standard comprehensive textbook 1980 edition online; Farmer, Silas (1889). The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County. Farmer, Silas (1890).
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The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 100,000 based on 1950 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1940 and 1960 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Counties that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.
1950 Detroit was the 4th largest city in the U.S., with 1.8 million people. 1957 The five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge opened on November 1. 1959 Motown began recording music in Detroit. 1960 Census results revealed a 1.45 million increase in state population, the largest in state history. 1967 Race riots struck the city of Detroit. After five ...
The 1950 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1950 Big Ten Conference football season.Coached by Bennie Oosterbaan, the Wolverines won the Big Ten Conference championship with a record of 6–3–1 (4–1–1 in conference) and defeated California in the 1951 Rose Bowl, 14–6.
The video began with the phrase, “In 1950, Michigan was 1 of 8 states in America that collectively produced 36% of the world’s GNP. Detroit was the greatest manufacturing city in the world.”
The 1950 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. Incumbent Democrat G. Mennen Williams defeated Republican nominee Harry Kelly with 49.76% of the vote. General election