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| November |
| Oct. 1 |
First Model T produced |
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| Oct. 2 |
Orchestra Hall opens in Detroit |
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| Oct. 3 |
“Somewhere in Time” opens |
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| Oct. 4 |
First Europeans come to Michigan |
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| Oct. 5 |
Detroit makes ecclesiastical history |
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| Oct. 6 |
Ernie Harwell calls his "final" ballgame |
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| Oct. 7 |
Detroit Tigers win first World Series |
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| Oct. 8 |
Fire ravages Michigan |
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| Oct. 9 |
KISS descends on Cadillac |
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| Oct. 10 |
Ford wins race |
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| Oct. 11 |
Legendary copper boulder arrives in Detroit |
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| Oct. 12 |
Nixon picks Gerald R. Ford for vice president |
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| Oct. 13 |
Douglass Houghton drowns in Lake Superior |
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| Oct. 14 |
President Kennedy proposes the Peace Corps |
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| Oct. 15 |
Steamer Alpena lost off Holland |
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| Oct. 16 |
Joe Louis fist sculpture dedicated |
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| Oct. 17 |
The "Radio Priest" delivers first sermon in Detroit |
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| Oct. 18 |
The case of the missing nun cracks open |
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| Oct. 19 |
No church on Sunday |
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| Oct. 20 |
"Gateway to Freedom" installed at Detroit River |
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| Oct. 21 |
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore authorized |
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| Oct. 22 |
First flight or big hoax? |
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| Oct. 23 |
Sam Raimi born in Royal Oak |
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| Oct. 24 |
Michigan teacher first over Niagra in a barrel |
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| Oct. 25 |
Erie Canal opens |
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| Oct. 26 |
Birth of Charles W. Post |
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| Oct. 27 |
First telephone |
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| Oct. 28 |
Opening of famous Detroit restaurant |
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| Oct. 29 |
Death of James Vernor |
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| Oct. 30 |
Elvis emulators give up their hairstyles, but what about those Blue Suede Shoes? |
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| Oct. 31 |
International Bridge Opens |
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