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Mich
1990
50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)
1989
51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT)
1987
Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (Mich), 24, crowned 61st Miss America
1985
85th U.S. Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 279 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
1984
Longest pro football game, LA Express beats Mich Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds
1983
1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Philadelphia Stars 24-22)
1982
Superbowl XVI: San Francisco 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 26-21 in Pontiac Mich
1980
Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich
1979
61st PGA Championship: David Graham shoots a 272 at Oakland Hills Mich
1979
41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich State beats Indiana St. 75-64
1979
10 rebounds and 10 assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by Penn Mich State's Earvin "Magic" Johnson registers triple-double 29 pts,
1976
East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Mich State U after he is warned not to
1972
54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
1966
Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Mich begins teaching
1965
Montcalm Community College in Sidney Mich, founded
1965
Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Mich forms
1961
61st U.S. Golf Open: Gene Littler shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
1957
World longest suspension bridge opens (Mackinac Straits Mich)
1954
Kip Byrne, born in Detroit, Michigan, Canadian Tour golfer, Mich State Jr-1970-71
1953
35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham CC Mich
1953
Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich and Ohio
1951
51st U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
1948
Gerald Ford upsets Rep Bartel J Jonkman in Mich 5th Dist Rep primary
1940
University of Mich retires Tom Harmon's #98
1937
Marlo Thomas, [Mrs Phil Donahue], Detroit Mich, That Girl!, Jenny
1937
44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
1932
1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Mich
1929
Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich)
1924
28th U.S. Golf Open: Cyril Walker shoots a 297 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
1893
2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Mich
1876
1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Mich)
1873
Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect, GM Tech Institute, Mich
1811
Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar, owned land in Mich
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