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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, The first production the Ford Model T Ford was completed at the company’s Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit on this day in 1908. Between 1908 and 1927, Ford would build some 15 million Model T cars. The innovation of the moving assembly line brought the cost down to a vehicle that many more Americans could afford. The first production the Ford Model T Ford was completed at the company’s Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit on this day in 1908. Between 1908 and 1927, Ford would build some 15 million Model T cars. The innovation of the moving assembly line brought the cost down to a vehicle that many more Americans could afford. | 1 event, The cornerstone was laid for the current capitol building in Lansing on this day in 1873. The building was completed in 1879 at cost of $1,510,000, which would be a little over $37 million it today's dollars. | 1 event, The movie Somewhere in Time starring Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve was released on this day in 1980. It is set on Mackinac Island and spurred a whirlwind of new tourism to the island, including a "Somewhere in Time Weekend" that still happens annually at the Grand Hotel. | 1 event, Chester Gould's famous comic strip starring Dick Tracy, made its first appearance ever in the Detroit Daily Mirror on this day in 1931. Nearly sixty years later a movie version would be released starring Warren Beatty and Michigan native, Madonna. |