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On, Apr 30th 1824:
Congress appropriated $10,000 survey for road between Detroit & Chicago
On, May 1st 1981:
Groundbreaking for GM’s Poletown plant
On, May 2nd 1881:
Detroit’s baseball team played its first professional home game as a member of the National League
On, May 3rd 1802:
First municipal elections held
On, May 4th 1881:
Detroit Bar Association organized
On, May 5th 1710:
First marriage of whites in Detroit: Jean Baptiste Turpin and Margaret Fufard
On, May 6th 1968:
Detroit Free Press won Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 1967 riot
On, May 7th 1998:
Merger announced between Daimler and Chrysler
On, May 8th 1959:
Little Caesar’s opened its first restaurant in Garden City
On, May 9th 1970:
UAW President Walter Reuther died in a plane crash
On, May 10th 1763:
Siege of Detroit begun by Pontiac and his followers
On, May 11th 1835:
First state constitutional convention met in Detroit
On, May 12th 1891:
Detroit barbers raised price of a shave from 10 to 15 cents
On, May 13th 1954:
President Eisenhower signed bill authorizing joint construction with Canada of St. Lawrence Seaway
On, May 14th 2007:
DaimlerChrysler sells Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management
On, May 15th 1952:
Tiger’s Virgil Trucks pitched no-hitter
On, May 16th 1936:
Ford Rotunda opened to the public
On, May 17th 1870:
Ralph Lane Polk developed his first directory
On, May 18th 1802:
Father Gabriel Richard succeeded Father Levadoux as pastor of St. Anne’s Church
On, May 19th 1929:
Sebastian S. Kresge founded a $25,000,000 organization to provide for education, religion and charity
