Facts Feed
On, Jan 1st 2002:
Kwame M. Kilpatrick inaugurated as Detroit’s youngest mayor
On, Jan 2nd 1974:
Coleman A. Young inaugurated as Detroit’s first black mayor
On, Jan 3rd 1929:
Detroit Street Railway deed recorded
On, Jan 4th 1943:
Fran Harris became the first woman to broadcast news in Michigan
On, Jan 5th 1988:
Last train service at Michigan Central Depot with departure of Amtrak train 353
On, Jan 6th 1863:
First Detroit celebration of Emancipation Proclamation held at Second Baptist Church
On, Jan 7th 1929:
First non-stop Detroit to Miami flight completed
On, Jan 8th 1948:
WDTR, state’s first educational FM station, went on the air
On, Jan 9th 1831:
Mail service began between Detroit and the East Coast
On, Jan 10th 1923:
Discussion of “Underground Railroad” at First Annual Meeting of the Detroit Historical Society
On, Jan 11th 1944:
Civic Light Opera first performed
On, Jan 12th 1878:
First women’s section published in Detroit Free Press
On, Jan 13th 1937:
“The Lone Ranger” first broadcast over WXYZ
On, Jan 14th 1914:
First complete endless-chain conveyor installed at Ford Highland Park plant
On, Jan 15th 1843:
Funeral service for Michigan’s first Governor Stephens T. Mason, who died in New York on Jan. 4
On, Jan 16th 1860:
High School moved into building on Gratiot Street
On, Jan 17th 1983:
J.L. Hudson downtown store permanently closed
On, Jan 18th 1802:
Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair approved charter incorporating City of Detroit
On, Jan 19th 1877:
Woman’s Christian Temperance Restaurant opened in Y.M.C.A Building
On, Jan 20th 1903:
Detroit Edison Company incorporated
