Facts Feed
On, Dec 6th 1865:
Ratification of 13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution; authored by Detroiter Jacob M. Howard
On, Dec 7th 1914:
Detroit Kiwanis Club, first in nation, founded
On, Dec 8th 1941:
Army guards placed at Detroit-Windsor Tunnel and Ambassador Bridge after Pearl Harbor attack
On, Dec 9th 1935:
Lions defeated New York Giants, 26-7, for team’s first championship
On, Dec 10th 1914:
James Brady conceived idea of Old Newsboys collecting for Goodfellows fund
On, Dec 11th 1911:
Detroit Zoological Society organized
On, Dec 12th 1979:
First event held at Joe Louis Arena was a U-of-M versus U-of-D basketball game
On, Dec 13th 1871:
First national waterway convention met in Detroit to improve access to the seaboard
On, Dec 14th 1989:
Opening day of I-696 expressway
On, Dec 15th 1921:
Meeting of a ‘company of congenial spirits’ to establish the Detroit Historical Society
On, Dec 16th 1979:
Final Red Wing game at Olympia Stadium
On, Dec 17th 1798:
Solomon Sibley elected Detroit delegate to Northwest Territory General Assembly
On, Dec 18th 1901:
Eastern High School dedicated
On, Dec 19th 1940:
GM President William Knudsen became head of U.S. National Defense Council
On, Dec 20th 1920:
First automatic traffic signal installed
On, Dec 21st 1945:
Archbishop Edward Mooney nominated for Cardinal
On, Dec 22nd 1923:
New water-filtering plant began operating in Water Works Park
On, Dec 23rd 1849:
Mariner’s Church, or Sailor’s Bethel, dedicated on Woodward Avenue at Woodbridge
On, Dec 24th 1941:
Orchestra Hall reopened as Paradise Theater
On, Dec 25th 1931:
Motor driven windlass used to drag a five-case container across Detroit River was discovered by Border Patrol
