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.
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.
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.
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.
The first regular season Detroit Lions football game to be played in the now defunct Pontiac Silverdome happened on this day in 1975. The games was broadcast on ABC's Monday Night Football, while 80,642 people watched it live in the stadium. Unfortunately, though perhaps not surprisingly, their Detroit Lions lost to the Dallas Cowboys 36-10.
