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2009 Michigan had the worst unemployment rate of any state, peaking at over 15%, due to the Automotive industry crisis of 2008–2010 and the Great Recession. 2010 Michigan lost 0.6% of its population since the previous census, the first decline in its population recorded by the United States Census Bureau .
The Swift House is a historic house at 4500 S. Michigan Avenue in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois. The house was built in 1892 for Edward Morris and his wife Helen Swift Morris. Both of the owners had close ties to Chicago's meatpacking industry; Edward was the president of Morris & Company, while Helen was the daughter ...
Social Security: Visions and Revisions (1986), a scholarly history of Social Security and retirement in the USA. online; Davidson, Liz (2016), The History of Retirement Benefits, Workforce.com; Graebner, William. A History of Retirement: The Meaning and Function of an American Institution, 1885-1978 (Yale UP, 1980): online
May 1, over 100,000 people attended the procession of the State funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the viewing at the Old Chicago Court House. On June 12, Chicago's Lake Park was re-named Lincoln Park in his honor. 867 Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas (Chicago) died, bringing the total death toll at the camp to 4,454.
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).
Wright Museum of African American History established. [31] John Conyers becomes U.S. representative for Michigan's 1st congressional district. [32] 1967 July 23: 12th Street Riot, one of the worst riots in United States history, begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city (43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings ...
Theurrer-Wrigley House, also known as the Wrigley Mansion, is a historic building located in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago, United States. The Italian Renaissance-style mansion was commissioned by Joseph Theurer, then-owner of the Schoenhofen Brewing Company , and purchased in 1911 by Chicago's Wrigley family.
Charles T. Fisher House: 1915 [12] 670 West Boston Boulevard [11] Tudor Revival [12] George D. Mason [12] This house was built for Charles T. Fisher, the president of Fisher Body corporation. It is the largest house in the Boston–Edison Historic District at 18,000 square feet (1,700 m 2). [11] Henry Ford House: 1908 [11] 140 Edison Avenue [11]