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Events from the year 1961 in Michigan.. The top stories in Michigan in 1961, as selected by Associated Press newspaper, radio, and television editors, [1] were as follows: (1) the opening of the state's Constitutional Convention; (2) the negotiations between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and automobile manufacturers; (3) the Detroit Tigers' bid for the American League pennant with 101 wins ...
The Memphis 13 are the group of young children who integrated the schools of Memphis, Tennessee. On October 3, 1961, 13 African-American first grade students were enrolled in schools that were previously all white. The schools that the students attended were Bruce, Gordon, Rozelle, and Springdale elementary schools. [1]
January 13 – A leaking gas main in the Jamaica section of New York City, New York caught fire on January 13. Two pieces of FDNY equipment responding to the gas leak report were burned, as well as numerous buildings. The fire spread to 13 alarm size, with 63 fire companies being used to control the situation. Seventeen homes were destroyed.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Memphis has a total area of 1.15 square miles (2.98 km 2), of which 1.12 square miles (2.90 km 2) are land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km 2), or 2.52%, are water. [1] The Belle River passes through the northern and eastern sides of the city, flowing southeast to join the St. Clair River at Marine City.
The exact cause of the accident was never determined. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293 was a Military Air Transport Service charter flight carrying 101 servicemen and their families that crashed into the sea off the Alaska coast on June 3, 1963. The cause of the accident was never determined, and no bodies were ever recovered. [9]
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Many still remember the tragedy that struck Michigan 37 years ago — the deadliest plane crash in the state's history. On Aug. 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed mere minutes after ...
M-57 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The 105.377-mile (169.588 km) highway connects US Highway 131 (US 131) near Rockford on the west end to M-15 near Otisville in the Lower Peninsula. In between, the mostly rural highway passes through farmland and connects several highways and smaller towns together.