Things that Happened in Michigan

Can you guess these facts about notable events which happened in the history of Michigan?

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Year	Event	Answer
1994	Figure skater who was attacked at the U.S. national championships	Nancy Kerrigan
1987	Wrestler who body-slammed Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania III	Hulk Hogan
1975	Ship which sank in Lake Superior on the way to deliver iron ore to Detroit	Edmund Fitzgerald
1959	Record company founded by Berry Gordy Jr.	Motown
1957	Suspension bridge which opened and was, debatably, the longest in the world	Mackinac Bridge
1945	Cavity reducing substance which Grand Rapids became the first city to add to its drinking water	Fluoride
1933	Mexican communist who painted the "Detroit Industry" murals	Diego Rivera
1928	Auto company that opened the River Rouge plant, the world's largest factory	Ford
1926	Escape artist who died of a burst appendix after being punched in the gut	Harry Houdini
1894	Breakfast cereal created by Will Kellogg for patients at the Battle Creek Sanitarium	Corn flakes
1854	Political party whose first convention was held in Jackson	Republican Party
1846	What Michigan became the first state in the Union to abolish	Death penalty
1836	Area of land awarded to Michigan as a consolation prize for losing the Toledo Strip to Ohio	Upper Peninsula
1763	Ottawa leader who besieged Fort Detroit. (A division of Chrysler is named for him)	Pontiac
1701	French explorer who founded Detroit. (A division of GM is named for him)	Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
1668	The oldest European settlement in Michigan, established at the southeastern end of Lake Superior	Sault Ste Marie

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