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On, Aug 8th 1933:
Colleges of City of Detroit, later Wayne State University, organized
On, Aug 9th 1862:
Passes to Canada required to prevent citizens fleeing from military service
On, Aug 10th 1918:
Detroiters objected to paying 6 cent fare on streetcar
On, Aug 11th 1875:
American Association for Advancement of Science met in Detroit
On, Aug 12th 1865:
General Ulysses S. Grant visited Detroit
On, Aug 13th 1978:
Statue of General Thaddeus Kosciuszko dedicated, gift of citizens of Krakow, Poland
On, Aug 14th 2003:
Blackout hits city of Detroit
On, Aug 15th 1877:
W.A. Jackson installed the first telephone
On, Aug 16th 1987:
Northwest Airline crash at Detroit Metropolitan Airport
On, Aug 17th 1920:
The first air-mail delivery arrived from Cleveland
On, Aug 18th 1926:
65 ft. cabin cruiser, Radio, seized with cargo of 114 half-barrels and 300 cases of beer
On, Aug 19th 1995:
Inaugural Woodward Dream Cruise held
On, Aug 20th 1920:
The first commercial radio station in the U.S., WWJ, began broadcasting regular programs
On, Aug 21st 1991:
Detroit locations considered as sites for the motion picture Hoffa
On, Aug 22nd 1892:
First electric trolley in the city
On, Aug 23rd 1873:
James Edmund Scripps first issued The Evening News, predecessor of the Detroit News
On, Aug 24th 2002:
Ford Field, new home of the Detroit Lions, opened
On, Aug 25th 1872:
Horse disease caused street cars to stop running
On, Aug 26th 1935:
United Automobile Workers organized
On, Aug 27th 1818:
Walk-in-the-Water, first steamboat on the Great Lakes, arrived in Detroit
