Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFirsts in Love and Leadership | October 28
Episode 1702
On this day in 1912, stunt pilot Art Smith and Aimee Cour made history with the first aerial elopement after crashing their plane en route to Michiga…
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Upper Peninsula Milestones | October 27
Episode 1700
On this day in 1992, the Keweenaw National Historic Park was established in Calumet, MI, honoring Michigan's rich mining history. Also, in 1876, afte…
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From Jackson to the Erie Canal | October 26
Episode 1698
On this day in 1975, Paula Faris, journalist and TV personality for ABC News, was born in Jackson, Michigan. Faris co-anchored Good Morning America f…
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A Day of Firsts in Michigan | October 25
Episode 1697
On this day in 1918, Lucy A. Sloan, a Michigan scholar, educator, author, and suffragist, passed away in Mt. Pleasant. Sloan was a champion of women'…
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The Heroine of Niagara | October 24
Episode 1696
On this day in 1901, Annie Edson Taylor, a widowed schoolteacher from Bay City, Michigan, made history by becoming the first person to go over Niagar…
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Ballooning Heights and Legal Milestones | October 23
Episode 1695
On this day in 1934, Jean and Jeanette Piccard launched a balloon from Dearborn, Michigan, reaching 10.9 miles in altitude before landing in Ohio, ac…
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Harry Callahan & Michigan State's Historic Marker | October 22
Episode 1694
On this day in 1912, Detroit-born photographer Harry Callahan was born. Initially working for Chrysler, he shifted to photography after hearing Ansel…
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Sleeping Bear Dunes & Will Carleton | October 21
Episode 1693
On this day in 1977, the stunning Sleeping Bear Dunes, inspired by a Chippewa legend of a mother bear and her cubs, officially became a National Lake…
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Milo Radulovich and the Red Scare | October 20
Episode 1692
In the 1950s, 26-year-old WWII veteran Milo Radulovich, a meteorology student at the University of Michigan, was dismissed from the Army Reserves as …
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Kalamazoo Votes for Education and Political Reform | October 19
Episode 1690
On this day in 1903, Kalamazoo voters approved funding for the Western State Normal School, later Western Michigan University, with an impressive 8-t…
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