First Ford Model T manufactured; General Motors founded
Detroit-Windsor Tunnel opened
Mackinac Bridge "Big Mac" opened
New State Constitution ratified
Ore freighter, Edmund Fitzgerald, sunk in Lake Superior during storm, all aboard were lost
Detroit celebrated 300th anniversary; DaimlerChrysler announced job cuts
General Motors (GM) announced cut of 21,000 US jobs, phasing out Pontiac brand; Chrysler filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy; incident on airliner on international flight arriving in Detroit from Amsterdam was failed bomb attack, Nigerian man arrested