* National Contest, Containing Portraits and Biographies of Our National Favorites, Darling Bros. & Co., Detroit, Michigan, 1888.

When asked by Detroit ’ s Metro Times in 1996, the Center ’ s President Lawrence Reed said: " Our funding sources are primarily foundations … with the rest coming from corporations and individuals ," but that "… revealing our contributors would be a tremendous diversion …"

Tecumseh knew that this would remove all protection from the tribes in the confederation whose lands lay to the west of Detroit and attempted to dissuade Procter, saying: Our fleet has gone out, we know they have fought ; we have heard the great guns but know nothing of what has happened to our Father with one Arm who had lost an arm in 1809.

Instead, signs for Chrysler and Ford were also added to the display, along with the message " The Detroit Tigers Support Our Automakers.

Our education includes various subjects including Detroit history, sociological concepts, current events, urban issues, and effective methods of change.

Stars from the promotion have also made appearances on the United States independent wrestling scene, most notably with the Ring of Honor promotion, where stars from the company competed in the Dragon Gate Invasion show on August 27, 2005 in Buffalo, New York Dragon Gate Challenge on March 30, 2006 in Detroit, Michigan and Supercard of Honor and Better than Our Best in Chicago, Illinois on March 31 and April 1, 2006, respectively.

The ' Our Story Of ' series, in what has been referred to as ' the most important documentaries about Detroit ever made ,' tell the stories of Detroit immigrants of various ethnic backgrounds, each being examined in depth in one-hour specials.

' Our Arab American Story ' a colorful look at Arab American customs, holidays and religious alliances, both Muslim and Christian throughout Detroit.

The Detroit River became the busiest commercial river in the world and was dubbed " the Greatest Commercial Artery on Earth " by The Detroit News in 1908.

" What's Going On " was listed on Detroit's Metro Times list at # 1 on its list of 100 Greatest Detroit Songs of All Time.

* " Greatest moments in Detroit Red Wings history ," Joe Falls, Jerry Green, Vartan Kupelian ( Masters Press, 1997 )

* " Believe Lions ' Greatest Team '" ( 1954 Detroit Lions ), Associated Press, November 1954

His # 21 was retired by the Detroit Pistons, and in 1996 he was named as one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of all time.

Serene Dominic of the Detroit Metro Times called the scene from the episode where Cartman leads members of the United States Congress in a sing-along of " Heat of the Moment " by Asia as one of his " Greatest Cartoon Moment ".

Generation V Chrysler minivan was introduced at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show as a 2008 model, based on the new RT platform.

Producer Bob Crewe also recorded with The Rays, Diane Renay, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Freddy Cannon, Lesley Gore, Michael Jackson, Bobby Darin, Roberta Flack, Peabo Bryson, Patti LaBelle, and Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons as well as his own The Bob Crewe Generation.

Due to the wartime travel restrictions, the first three games of the 1945 World Series were played in Detroit, where the Cubs won two games, including a one-hitter by Claude Passeau, and the final four were played at Wrigley.

After losing the 1945 World Series to the Detroit Tigers, the Cubs finished with winning seasons the next two years, but those teams did not enter post-season play.

This critical error helped the Padres win the game 6 – 3, with a 4-run 7th inning and keep Chicago out of the 1984 World Series against the Detroit Tigers.

In what was a dramatic five game series, their NLDS victory over the Atlanta Braves was the franchise's first postseason series win since they went to the World Series in 1908, when they beat the Detroit Tigers in five games.

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Raser unveiled the prototype the 2009 Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit.

* 1908 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, clinching the World Series.

In the 1984 World Series, the Padres faced the powerful Detroit Tigers, who steamrolled through the regular season with 104 victories ( and had started out with a 35 – 5 record, the best ever through the first 40 games ).

The players said it was even better than the actual World Series being played between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs that year.

Detroit would lose each World Series, however, with Cobb's post-season numbers being much below his career standard.

* October 3 – October 10 – The Detroit Tigers win the World Series against the Chicago Cubs-the Cubs have not returned to the World Series since.

* October 10 – the Detroit Tigers win the 1968 World Series, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3.

As they colonized the New World, the French established forts and settlements that would become such cities as Quebec and Montreal in Canada ; Detroit, Green Bay, St. Louis, Mobile, Biloxi, Baton Rouge and New Orleans in the United States ; and Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien in Haiti.

He is still active in his practice, which is currently involved in a number of projects ; including an addition to the Detroit Institute of Arts, and a large Integrated Resort, Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.

A left winger, Henderson played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames and 5 in the World Hockey Association ( WHA ) for the Toronto Toros and Birmingham Bulls.

The 1968 and 2004 World Series were clinched in Busch Stadium as well by the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox respectively.

For the season, Puckett batted. 332 with 28 home runs and 99 RBI Although he hit only. 208 in the Twins ' five game AL Championship Series win over the Detroit Tigers, Puckett would produce in the seven-game World Series upset over the St. Louis Cardinals, where he batted. 357.

Anderson's accomplishment was equalled in the 2006 World Series, when St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa — who had previously won the World Series with the Oakland Athletics in 1989, and who considers Anderson his mentor — led his team to the title over the Detroit Tigers.

* The Parliaments-Testifyin ': The Mid 60's Detroit Sessions-Goldmine / Soul Supply GSCD 119-contains the same tracks as " I Wanna Testify ", and also includes the Golden World single " Heart Trouble / That Was My Girl.

* Charlie “ King Kong ” Keller: 5x Major League Baseball All-Star for New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers, 4x World Series champion

* Jim Northrup ( b. 1939 ), outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1964-1974, including a major role on its World Championship 1968 team, was born in nearby Breckenridge, Michigan, then moved to St. Louis, where he graduated from high school.

* Bob Maier ( 1915-1993 ), third baseman who played for the Detroit Tigers team that won the 1945 World Series in his only season in the Major Leagues.

* Jeremy Bonderman, Detroit Tigers World Series pitcher

Activity by British traders and the presence of a colony on the Red prompted the United State War Department in 1819 to send Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Leavenworth from Detroit to put a post 300 miles northwest of Prairie Du Chien, until then the most advanced United States post.

* 1812 – War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.

The Detroit River — and the larger area surrounding it — was taken from the French by the British Empire during the French and Indian War and eventually claimed by the newly formed United States during the American Revolution.

During the War of 1812, the Detroit River served as a major barrier between the American Michigan Territory and British Upper Canada, especially during the Battle of Fort Detroit in August 1812, when Detroit briefly fell to the British.

* 1971 – The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begin in Detroit, Michigan.

The sleepy settlement of fewer than 20 people would remain dormant until the winter of 1847 when the state constitution required that the capital be moved from Detroit to a more central and safer location in the interior of the state ; many were concerned about Detroit's proximity to British-controlled Canada, which had captured Detroit in the War of 1812.

* 1763 – The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.

American troops in the War of 1812 invaded Upper Canada across the Niagara River and the Detroit River, but were defeated and pushed back by British regulars, Canadian fencibles and militias, and First Nations warriors.

Writing for the New York Times shortly after the flight, however, journalist Arthur Krock described mixed feelings in the United States due to fears of the spaceflight's potential military implications for the Cold War, and the Detroit Free Press wrote that " the people of Washington, London, Paris and all points between might have been dancing in the streets " if it were not for " doubts and suspicions " about Soviet intentions.

* August 16 – War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.

On March 9, 1803, Henry Dearborn, the Secretary of War wrote to Colonel Jean Hamtramck, the commandant of Detroit, instructing him to have an officer and six men survey the route from Detroit to Chicago, and to make a preliminary investigation of the situation at Chicago.

After the war he was stationed at Fort Detroit during Pontiac's War, following which he returned to Britain for health reasons.

Here the paper was saved from extinction by the Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam, John Sinclair's Artist Workshop, and other radicals, with Sinclair signing on as the paper's first music editor.

During the War of 1812, when living in Detroit, Kinzie was accused of treason by the British and imprisoned on a ship for transport to Great Britain.

At the Winter Soldier Investigation in Detroit organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War January 31-February 2, 1971, veterans including First Lieutenant William Crandell of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division expressed their outrage:

One of the first white settlers to come to Wyandotte in the years after the Native Americans left was John Biddle, a Pennsylvania-born former Army major who fought in the War of 1812 and later went on to a prolific political career, serving as mayor of Detroit, delegate from the Territory of Michigan in the U. S. Congress, president of the Michigan Central Railroad, member and later speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives and one-time candidate for Michigan Governor.

The county is named for Henry Gladwin, British military commander at Detroit during Pontiac's War.

When the War of 1812 broke out, the populace was prepared, and quick victories at Fort Mackinac and Detroit defeated American invasion efforts.

Gladwin county is named for Henry Gladwin, a British military commander at Detroit during Pontiac's War.

The area, because of its close location to Detroit, was of strategic importance during the War of 1812, especially after Detroit fell to the enemy British during the Siege of Detroit in August 1812.