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English: Silent 8mm film containing footage shot in and around Detroit, including footage of Belle Isle, the Detroit River, Henry Ford Museum, the Detroit Zoo, White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery in Troy, several houses of worship along Woodward Avenue, the New Center area, the Brewster Homes, Black Bottom, and downtown.
A blackout during war, or in preparation for an expected war, is the practice of collectively minimizing outdoor light, including upwardly directed (or reflected) light. This was done in the 20th century to prevent crews of enemy aircraft from being able to identify their targets by sight, such as during the London Blitz of 1940.
Contraband is a 1940 wartime spy film by the British director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, which reunited stars Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson after their earlier appearance in The Spy in Black the previous year.
Pages in category "1940s in Detroit" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions
1940 Detroit Tigers season – Under manager Del Baker, the Tigers compiled a 90–64 record, won the American League pennant, and were defeated by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1940 World Series. [8] Left fielder Hank Greenberg led Major League Baseball (MLB) with 150 RBIs , 99 extra-base hits , and a .674 slugging percentage .
Between August 1939 and July 1940, he attacked and stabbed three different women, all of whom recovered and later gave evidence against him. In August 1940, Ogorzow savagely bludgeoned another woman after raping her on board the S-Bahn. She survived only because after she lost consciousness, Ogorzow mistakenly thought she had died.
2017 - October: National Women's Convention held. [49] 2018 - Bedrock Detroit, owned by Dan Gilbert, announces a $900 million, two building project on the site of the former J.L. Hudson store (which once had the tallest retail tower in the world), including a 58-story tower. [50] 2020 - Population: 639,111.
The first recorded riot in Detroit, Michigan broke out on June 17, 1833. The state had prohibited slavery and was considered free. Because of its proximity to Canada, across the Detroit River, the city became a station on the Underground Railroad by which refugee slaves from the South sought freedom. Some also settled here rather than ...