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Sept. 1 Last passenger pigeon dies Text
Sept. 2 First traffic fatality Text
Sept. 3 Treaty of Paris signed; America obtains Isle Royale Text
Sept. 4 Potawatomi forced from state; Indian "trail of death" Text
Sept. 5 Fire burns Michigan's thumb Text
Sept. 6 Detroit native assassinates McKinley Text
Sept. 7 Uriah Upjohn born: son creates dissolvable pill Text
Sept. 8 Clarence Darrow: a man's home is his castle Text
Sept. 9 Pere Marquette sinks; 29 crew and passengers die Text
Sept. 10 "Big Annie" Clemenc arrested in Calumet Text
Sept. 11 Exclusive hunting club rejects Henry Ford Text
Sept. 12 Alma College opens Text
Sept. 13 First priest in Congress dies in Detroit Text
Sept. 14 Battle at Middleton, Maryland Text
Sept. 15 Domain name Google registered Text
Sept. 16 The Purple Gang's Collingwood Massacre Text
Sept. 17 Mysterious Kalamazoo fires Text
Sept. 18 Body washes ashore; spawns Manistee murder case Text
Sept. 19 Denny McLain personifies 1968 Detroit Tigers Text
Sept. 20 First glow from St. Helena Island Lighthouse Text
Sept. 21 Automotive pioneer Preston Thomas Tucker born in Capac Text
Sept. 22 Yugo plunges over Mackinac Bridge Text
Sept. 23 Lake Michigan fishing frenzy tragedy Text
Sept. 24 Beginning of end to death penalty in Michigan Text
Sept. 25 "Son" of Lord Byron sent to state prison Text
Sept. 26 Elephant rampages through Lansing Text
Sept. 27 Nuclear plant opens in Charlevoix Text
Sept. 28 Muskegon 216, Hastings 0 Text
Sept. 29 Americans retake Detroit Text
Sept. 30 Thousands greet oceanographer Jacques Cousteau in Detroit Text


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