{"slug": "michigan", "label": "Michigan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1166", "qid": "Q1166", "description": "state of the United States of America", "entries": 12, "years": 12, "span": [1837, 2013], "span_label": ["1837 CE", "2013 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "detroit", "label": "Detroit", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "democratic-party-united-states", "label": "Democratic Party (United States)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louisiana", "label": "Louisiana", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-mexico", "label": "New Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "montana", "label": "Montana", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ontario", "label": "Ontario", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1837, "year_label": "1837 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360323585#January–March", "title": "1837", "revid": 1360323585, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1847, "year_label": "1847 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – The state of Michigan formally abolishes the death penalty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362575777#January–March", "title": "1847", "revid": 1362575777, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1848, "year_label": "1848 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – 1848 United States presidential election: Whig Zachary Taylor of Louisiana defeats Democrat Lewis Cass of Michigan, in the first U.S. presidential election held in every state on the same day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370038858#October–December", "title": "1848", "revid": 1370038858, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "At Fountain Point, Michigan, an artesian water spring, begins to gush continuously.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#Date_unknown", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1881, "year_label": "1881 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 – The Thumb Fire in the U.S. state of Michigan destroys over a million acres (4,000 km 2 ) and kills 282 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369747876#September", "title": "1881", "revid": 1369747876, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Automotive mechanic Henry Ford incorporates the Detroit Automobile Company. While the company failed, it establishes Detroit, Michigan, as the site for U.S. car manufacturing and provided a model for the Ford Motor Company.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371393177#August", "title": "1899", "revid": 1371393177, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1901, "year_label": "1901 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Michigan schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survives.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318021#October", "title": "1901", "revid": 1373318021, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at US$850.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#October", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1923, "year_label": "1923 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – Southeastern Michigan receives a record 15 cm in of snow, after temperatures plummeted from 17 °F °C to 1 °F °C between 1 and 6 pm on the previous day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367772921#May–June", "title": "1923", "revid": 1367772921, "section": "Events › May–June"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20–21 – A tornado outbreak tears through Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario, leaving eight people dead and 123 people injured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#May", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at this time, opens in the United States, to connect Michigan's two peninsulas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371361971#November", "title": "1957", "revid": 1371361971, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – The Emergency Alert Systems of five different television stations across the U.S. states of Montana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and New Mexico are hijacked, airing a false \"Zombie apocalypse\" hoax. It is amongst one of the largest cybersecurity breaches in EAS history.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373160550#February", "title": "2013", "revid": 1373160550, "section": "Events › February"}}]}