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Events from the year 1960 in Michigan.. The top stories of the year in Michigan included: (1) the nomination and election of John Swainson, a 35-year-old double amputee, as Governor of Michigan; (2) the decision of G. Mennen Williams not to run for a seventh term as governor; (3) the selection of Michigan's Nancy Fleming as Miss America; (4) John F. Kennedy's taking Michigan's electoral votes ...
Congress awarded the "Toledo Strip" to Ohio. Michigan received the western part of the Upper Peninsula as a concession and formally entered the Union as a state on January 26, 1837. When iron and copper were discovered in the Upper Peninsula, impetus was created for the construction of the Soo Locks, completed in 1855.
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 days of rioting, 43 people were dead, 1,189 injured and over 7,000 arrested.
Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. [ 1] Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19th century with U.S. settlement around the Great Lakes.
Michigan (/ ˈ m ɪ ʃ ɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ MISH-ig-ən) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.It borders Wisconsin to the northwest in the Upper Peninsula, and Indiana and Ohio to the south in the Lower Peninsula; it is also connected by Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie to Minnesota and Illinois, and the Canadian province of Ontario.
V. Vietnam War protests at the University of Michigan. Categories: 1960s in the United States by state or territory. Decades in Michigan. 20th century in Michigan. Hidden category: Category series navigation decade and century.
1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team – Under head coach Dave Strack, the Wolverines compiled a 6–18 record. John Tidwell led the team with an average of 19.2 points per game. [24] 1960–61 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team – Under head coach Don Boven, the Broncos compiled a 10–14 record.
History of the University of Michigan. University of Michigan (1855) by Jasper Francis Cropsey, currently on display in the University of Michigan Museum of Art [1] The history of the University of Michigan began with its establishment on August 26, 1817 as the Catholepistemiad or University of Michigania.