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Michigan
Companies in Transition
Early History of
Detroit
1701 - Detroit founded by Antoine de
Lamothe Cadillac and named Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit.
1805 - A fire destroyed nearly all of Detroit on June 11, 1805
1812 - Governor Hull surrendered Detroit to the British during the War of 1812.
1828 - Territorial Capitol built in Detroit at a cost of $24,500.
1833 - Detroit Arsenal constructed in Dearborn, Michigan.
1837 - Michigan admitted as a free state into the union (the 26th state).
1837 -The Panic of 1837 was a severe setback to the nascent state bank.
The Foundations of the
Detroit Business Community
1838 -
The
first Jacobson’s store opened in Reed City, Mich.
1845- St. Mary's Hospital (Detroit Memorial
Hospital) founded.
1849 - Detroit Savings Fund Institute
founded.
1850 - Stroh's Brewery (Lion's Head Brewery) founded
in Detroit (during prohibition sold ice cream and near-beer).
1865 -
R.H. Fyfe and
Company founded in Detroit (was once home to the largest shoe store in the
world).
1866 - Vernor's Ginger Ale invented
by Detroit pharmacist James Vernor.
1871 - Detroit Savings Fund Institute
becomes Detroit Savings Bank.
1875 -
Frederick Sanders
opened his first retail shop in downtown Detroit on June 17.
1881 - J.L. Hudson's Department Stores founded in
downtown Detroit.
1882 -
Pfeiffer Brewing
Company founded by Conrad Pfeiffer between Beaufait and Bellevue Avenues in
Detroit.
1883 - The Ernst Kern Dry Good Company founded.
1888 -
Benjamin
Siegel purchases Heyn’s Bazaar, renames it B. Siegel Company, fine-clothing
store in Detroit.
1889 - Carhartt Clothes founded.
1889 -
Andrew Cunningham
opened Cunningham’s Drugs in Detroit, the first of eleven downtown stores.
1894 - Kinsel's Drug Store founded
in downtown Detroit.
1899 - S.S. Kresge opens first store
in downtown Detroit (later becomes Kmart Corporation).
1900s - Crowley Brothers take over
ailing retailer
Partridge and
Blackwell, later becomes Crowley, Milner Company.
1900 - Kern's Department Store
founded in downtown Detroit.
1901 -
New Hellas Cafe opens in
Greektown.
1903 - Ford Motor Company founded.
1904 -
Burroughs Adding
Machine Company moved to Detroit (was once the largest adding-machine company in
the U.S.)
1906 - Kellogg's founded in Battle Creek, Michigan.
1908 - General Motors founded.
1909 - Hudson Motor Car Company founded.
1909 - Crowley, Milner and Company founded.
1910 -
Hughes & Hatcher
(clothing store) founded by Fred Hughes and Leslie Hatcherin downtown Detroit.
1911 - J.L. Hudson's Department
Store opens on Woodward in downtown Detroit,
Michigan.
1913 -
Grinnell’s Pianos
Once known as the “largest piano factory on the earth,” opens in Holly,
Michigan.
1915 - Henry Ford Hospital founded in Detroit.
1917 - American Coney Island & Lafayette Coney
Island founded in Detroit.
1920 - Kowalski Sausage
Company founded in Detroit, Michigan by
Zygmund.Kowalski.
1920 - Sibley Shoe Store founded in Detroit.
1923 - Red Pelican Mustard founded in Detroit, Michigan.
1925 - Chrysler Motors founded by Walter P.
Chrysler.
1928 - Ford River Rouge Plant is completed; the
largest integrated factory complex in the world, employs 100,000.
1928 - Winkelman's Department Stores founded.
1929 - Atlas Beverage is founded in Detroit.
1929 - The Ambassador Bridge opens between Detroit
and Windsor, Ontario. It is the longest bridge in the world at time.
1930 - The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel opens.
1930 - Better Made Potato
Chips founded in Detroit, Michigan.
1932 - Guardian Industries of Auburn Hills, Michigan begins life in Detroit,
Michigan manufacturing windshields.
1932 -
Theodore &
Haseebie Gantos opened the first Gantos store in Grand Rapids in 1932.
1933 - National Bank of Detroit (NBD)
founded.
1933 -
Barthwell Drugs
opens in Detroit (grew to become the largest chain of black-owned drugstores in
U.S.)
1933 - Highland Appliance Stores founded in Highland Park, MI by Harry Mondry.
1934 - Hendrik Meijer opens his first grocery store In Greenville,
Michigan.
1936 -
Detroit Savings Bank
becomes Detroit Bank.
1936 - Big Boy Restaurant chain founded in
Glendale, CA (Headquarters moves to Warren, MI in 1987).
1937 - Flint Sit-Down Strike ended with
official recognition of the United Auto Workers by General Motors.
1942 - Vlasic Pickles, the Polish-style cucumber pickle company, was born
in Detroit, Michigan.
1943 - Race Riots in Detroit.
1944 - Wallside Windows founded.
1947 - Harmony House Records founded in Hazel Park, Michigan by Carl Thom.
1947 - Channel 4 WDIV begins broadcasting television in Detroit. (1st TV
station in Detroit and 6th in the U.S.
1948 - Channel 7 WXYZ begins broadcasting television in Detroit on October
9th.
1948 - Channel 2 WJBK begins broadcasting televison in Detroit on October
24th.
1948 - Bill Knapp’s Restaurants founded by Bill Knapp and Keith Schroder in Grand
Rapids, Michigan.
1949 -
Frederick Packing
Company found in Detroit by Henry Dorfman (becomes Thorn Apple Valley in 1984)
1949 - City
National Bank founded.
Comings and Goings in
the Detroit Area Business Community
1950 - Detroit's population reaches its height at
1.85 million.
1950s - Ollie Fretter opens the first of his
appliance stores in Livonia.
1954 - Northland Center opens in Southfield, Michigan It is the first
center to feature central heating and air-conditioning.
1954 - Hudson's opens at Northland Center in Southfield. Northland
is the nation's first large suburban shopping mall.
1954 - Channel 9 CBET begins broadcasting televison in Windsor, Ontario,
Canada.
1954 - Hudson Motors merge with Nash-Kelvinator
and American Motors is born.
1955 - Top Hat Hamburgers founded in Detroit
by Peter E. Westberg.
1955 - F&M Distributors (later F&M Superstores) opens it's first drugstore in Ferndale,
Michigan.
1955 - Channel 56 WTVS is the first public television station in Detroit.
1956 - Ford Motor Company builds new headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan.
1956 - Detroit Bank becomes Detroit Bank & Trust.
1956 - General Motors begins moving workers into Warren Tech Center in
Warren, Michigan.
1956 - Bill Knapp's opens first restaurant in Battle
Creek, MI - will grow to over 60 units.
1957 - Eastland Center, patterned after Northland Center opens
in Harper Woods, Michigan.
1957 - Perry Drugstores founded in Pontiac,
Michigan.
1957 - Five-mile long Mackinac Bridge opens on
November 1st.
1959 - Kern's department store closes in downtown Detroit, Michigan.
1959 - Little Caesar's pizza chain founded, opens first restaurant in
Garden City, Michigan.
1959 - Wonderland Shopping Center opens in Livonia - later to be an
enclosed mall.
1960 - Domino's pizza chain founded by Tom & James Monaghan with
first store in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
1962 - S.S. Kresge opens first Kmart store in
Garden City, Michigan.
1962 - Dayton-Hudson Stores open first Target store in
Roseville, Minnesota.
1962 - Meijer,
a 70 year old retailer,
opens first supercenter store in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1965 - Westland Mall opens and, unlike Northland and Eastland, this shopping center is enclosed.
1965 - National Coney Island founded with first
restaurant in the Macomb Mall.
1965 - The Afro-American Museum is founded by
Charles H. Wright.
1965 - Channel 50 WKBD television signs on in Detroit.
1965 - Towne Club pop company founded in Detroit
area.
1967 - Farmer Jack Supermarkets founded by the
Borman brothers (rebranded Food Fair Markets).
1967 - Twelfth Stree Riots in Detroit burn a large
part of the city.
1967 - New York Carpet World founded in Detroit.
1967 - Big Boy Restaurants sold to Marriot Corp. -
Elias Brothers are largest franchisers.
1968 - Channel 62 WXON TV is founded.
1968 - Tubby's Submarine's founded with first store in St. Clair Shores,
Michigan.
1968 - Tel-Twelve Mall opens in Southfield, Michigan.
1968 - Focus: HOPE organization is founded by Fr.
William Cunningham.
1969 - J.L. Hudson and Minneapolis-based Dayton Co. merge
to form Dayton-Hudson.
1972 - S.S. Kresge moves
it's corporate headquarters from Detroit to Troy, Michigan.
1972 - Channel 20 WXON is born after moving from Channel 62.
1972 - Leo's Coney Island founded in Southfield, MI.
1973 -
Joshua Doore
Furniture founded by Harvey Leach.
1973 - Compuware Corporation founded by Peter Karmanos, Jr., Thomas Thewes and
Allen Cutting.
1973 - Hungry Howie's pizza chain founded with first store in Taylor,
Michigan.
1974 -
Arbor Drugs Arbor
Drugs opened its doors in Troy,
1975 - Philip A. Hart Plaza opens in
downtown Detroit, Michigan.
1975 - Pontiac Silverdome opens -
home to Detroit Pistons & Detroit Tigers (cost $55.7 million).
1975 - Channel 62 WGPR TV signs on (first black-owned station in the U.S.
1976 - Kmart opens 271 new stores.
1977 - S.S. Kresge changes it's corporate name to Kmart Corporation.
1977 - Renaissance Center officially opens in Downtown Detroit, Michigan.
1979 -
Sam’s Jams Record
Store founded in Ferndale.
1979 - Kerby's Coney Island founded.
1980 - Detroit hosts the Republican National
Convention which nominated Ronald Reagan.
1981 - City National Bank acquired by First of
America Bank.
1981 - B. Siegel clothing store, a Detroit landmark,
goes bankrupt and out of business.
1982 - Kresge #1 at 1201 Woodward Avenue closes.
1982 - Detroit Bank & Trust changes it's name to Comerica Bank-Detroit.
1982 - Renault of France acquires AMC (American
Motors Corporation).
1983 - J.L. Hudson's downtown department store closes after 72 years of
doing business on Woodward.
1984 - Hudson's announces that it will move headquarters to
Minneapolis.
1985 - Strohs (beer) closes it's landmark Detroit brewery, brewing operations
move out of state.
1985 - Elias Brothers (largest Big Boy Restaurant
franchise owners) acquire remaining Top Hat Hamburger Restaurants.
1985 - Vernors (ginger ale) is aquired by rivals, landmark plant in Detroit is
closed forever.
1985 - Quicken Loans founded.
1985 - Chatham Supermarkets go out of business in
metro Detroit area.
1986 - Kmart sells all of it's Kresge (dime) stores to rival McCrory.
1987 - Elias Brothers buys remaining Big Boy
Restaurants from Marriot and moves headquarters to Warren, MI.
1987 - People Mover begins operation (a small-scale aerial
train linking downtown attractions).
1987 - Museum of African American History (formerly
the Afro-American Museum} opens in Detroit.
1987 - Faygo (soda) is sold to National Beverage, but the
Detroit plant remains open to this day.
1987 - Chrysler acquires American Motors Corp., the
fourth largest domestic automotive company, for $800 million.
1987 - Pope John Paul II celebrates mass at the
Pontiac Silverdome for more than 93,000 attendees.
1988 - Fox Theatre (second largest of this type of
venue in the USA) is restored.
1988 - Detroit Pistons moved to the Palace of Auburn
Hills.
1988 - Pet Supplies Plus founded in Redford, MI by
Jack Berry and Harry Shallop.
1989 - A & P purchases Michigan-based Farmer Jack,
rebrands exisiting A&P stores with the Farmer Jack nameplate.
1990 - Great Scott! Supermarkets acquired by Kroger, all stores rebranded as
Kroger Stores.
1991 - Chrysler Corp. headquarters moves from Highland Park to Auburn
Hills.
1992 - Manufacturers Bank merges with Comerica Bank (Manufacturer's
name dissappears)
1992 - Chrysler dedicates the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in
Detroit, a $1.6 billion investment, March 31.
1993 - Highland Superstores goes out of business.
1993 -
Sam’s Jams Record
Store closes in Ferndale, MI.
1994 - Happy's Pizza founded in Detroit, MI.
1995 - Perry drugstores are acquired by national chain Rite Aid.
1995 - Michigan National Bank acquired by National Australia Bank Limited,
retains MNB name.
1995 - National Bank of Detroit (NBD)
purchased, becomes Bank One.
1996 - Uncle Ray's Potato Chips (Jenkins Foods) is conceived in Detroit, Michigan.
1996 - Sander's remaining stores (soda fountain / confectionery
stores) closed.
1996 - Detroit Opera House restoration is completed.
1996 - Atlas Beverage goes out of business in
Detroit.
1996 - First Walmart Stores in Southeast Michigan
open in Auburn Hills and Ypsilanti.
1997 - The Charles H. Wright Museum of African
American History opens in the Cultural Center.
1997 - Woolworth's (not Michigan based but a big variety chain here)
ceases operations.
1998 - Hudson's downtown building on Woodward is imploded.
1998 - Woodbridge Tavern, Rivertown Saloon and the Franklin
Street Brewery close to make way for permanent casinos.
1998 - Arbor Drugs is
purchased by national chain CVS.
1998 - Domino's Pizza purchased from Tom Monaghan by Bain Capital of
Boston, Massachusetts.
1998 - General Motors spins off Delphi (parts division) as a
separate company.
1998 - First of America Bank is bought by, and changes name to, National City Bank (Ohio).
1998 - National Bank of Detroit (NBD) merges with Chicago bank and becomes BankOne.
1998 - Winkelman's Stores,
founded in 1928, ceases operations and closes all stores.
1998 - Ford announces that its Lincoln-Mercury division will move from
Detroit's Renaissance Center to Irvine California.
1999 - Chrysler Corporation merges with German company Daimler- Benz
and becmes Daimler- Chrysler..
1999 - Crowley's Department Stores cease operation, three remaining properties
are renamed Value City.
1999 - GM officially
moves from their New Center location into the RenCen. which they purchased and renovated.
1999 - MGM Grand, Detroit's first casino opens.
1999 - Motor City Casino opens at a $140M renovated Wonder Bread Factory in
Detroit, Michigan.
2000 - Greektown Casino opens in downtown Detroit, the third casino in this
city.
2000 - Comerica Park opens in Detroit, new
home of the Detroit Tigers.
2000 - Ford spins off
Visteon ( parts division) as a
separate company.
2000 - Gantos Stores go out of business.
2000 - Elias Brothers sells Big Boy
Restaurant chain after bankrupcy.
2000 - Old Kent Bank is bought by, and changes name to Fifth Third Bank (Ohio).
2001 - J.L. Hudson's Department
Store is renamed Marshall Fields.
2001 - Montgomery Ward (not Michigan based but huge here at one time)
ceases operations.
2001 - Vlasic Pickles is bought by Pinnacle Foods, a
New Jersey company.
2001 - Standard Federal Bank and Michigan National Bank merge
to become Standard Federal Bank NA.
2001 - Pine Knob Music Theatre renamed
DTE Energy Theatre.
2002 - Kmart Corporation enters Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in January.
2002 - Kmart closes 283 stores, job loss is 22,000 people.
2002 - McCrory Stores, bankrupted, cease operations (See 1986 Kmart entry on sale of Kresge Stores).
2002 - Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) opens the Edward H. McNamara Terminal / Northwest WorldGateway.
2002 - Jacobson's Stores, bankrupted, close all remaining stores.
2002 - Tel-Twelve Mall is "de-malled" and replaced with a power
center shopping format (Lowes, Meijer).
2002 - Compuware moves world headquarters from Farmington, Michigan
to downtown Detroit in new 12 story building.
2002 - Kowalski Company buys Hamtramck, Michigan based Home Style Foods.
2002 - Bill Knapp’s Restaurants succumbs to poor business trends and
closes all restaurants in August.
2002 - First Federal of Michigan changes name to Charter One Bank (Ohio).
2002 - Harmony House Records closes 19 of it's 21 stores after 55 years in
business in metro Detroit.
2002 - Ford Field opens in Detroit and the Detroit
Lions return to the city from Pontiac, MI.
2003 - Kmart announces closing of an additional 326 stores, firing 30,000 -
35,000 people.
2003 - Sibley Shoe Store goes out of business.
2003 - George Burns Theatre at Farmington & Plymouth in Livonia torn down to build
new condominiums.
2003 - Ford Motor celebrates its 100th anniversary in June.
2003 - F&M Superdrugstores killed off by heavy competition -
liquidates operation.
2003 - Hard Rock Cafe opens for business in the Compuware
Building in downtown Detroit.
2003 - Original Kern's clock restored at Woodward & Gratiot
Avenue.
2003 - Wonderland Mall in Livonia officialy closed and scheduled to be torn down.
2003 - Red Pelican Food Products (founded 1923) a manufacturer of mustard
and vinegar ceases operations in Detroit.
2003 - General Motors completes renovations on its
world headquarters, the Renaissance Center.
2004 - Marshall Fields stores are sold by Target Corporation to the May Company.
2004 - Frank's Nursery, bankrupted, close all remaining stores.
2004 - Campus Martius Park opens in the heart of the
business district in downtown Detroit on November 19.
2004 - Koepplingers Bakery in Oak Park, Mi closes, sells bread
recipes to Perfection Bakery (Holsum, Aunt Millies).
2004 - Walmart builds first supercenters in
Michigan.
2004 - Kmart buys Sears for $11 billion, parent corporation is known as Sears
Holding.
2005 - Northwest Airline mechanics begin strike on Aug. 19th (DTW
is a major Northwest hub).
2005 - Marshall Fields stores become Macy's.
2005 - Delphi automotive parts supplier for GM and
others files for bankruptcy.
2005 - Standard Federal Bank is renamed LaSalle Bank.
2005 - Wonderland Mall in Livonia is torn down.
2005 - Detroit Public Television (Ch. 56) moves from
Detroit to Wixom.
2005 - Ford Motor buys back all North American Visteon plants - renames them Automotive Components Holdings, LLC.
2005 - Meryvn's closes all Michigan stores.
2006 - National Bank of Detroit Building renamed Chase Tower.
2006
- NBD banks renamed
Chase.
2006 - Kmart World Headquarters closes in Troy, MI,
remaining operations moved to Chicago, IL.
2006 - One Kennedy Square Building opens near Campus
Martius (Ernst & Young).
2007 - MGM Grand permanent casino opens, more hotels
in other casinos under construction.
2007 - St. John - Riverview Hospital closes in
Detroit.
2007 - Farmer Jack (parent company A&P) goes out of
business and closes all remaining area stores.
2007 - Wonderland Village opens on the site of the former
Wonderland Mall in Livonia,
MI.
2007 - Walmart builds first five supercenters in
suburban Detroit area.
2007 - Private equity firm Cerberus Capital
Management buys Chrysler Group from Daimler-Chrysler for $7.4 billion.
2007 - Comerica Bank relocates HQ from to Dallas,
TX after 158 years in Detroit.
2007 - Detroit Institute of Arts reopens after major renovation.
2007 - State Theater renamed the Fillmore Detroit
(formerly the Palms).
2008 - Lasalle Bank is purchased and becomes Bank of America.
2008 - New Hellas Cafe closes doors and goes out of
business in Greektown, Detroit.
2008 - Tiger Stadium demolition begins.
2008 - Casino Windsor
becomes Caesar's Windsor.
2008 - Universal Mall in Warren, MI is demolished,
rebuilt as a strip mall.
2008 - Kwame Kilpatrick resigns from office as
mayor.
2008 - Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) opens the
North Terminal.
2008 - Value City Stores go out of business and
close remaining stores.
2009 - Detroit Free Press and Detroit News drop home
delivery to three days a week.
2009 - Borders Books closes it's downtown Detroit
location at Campus Martius in the Compuware Building.
2009 - Chrysler files for bankruptcy - merges with
Fiat.
2009 - Visteon files for bankruptcy.
2009 - General Motors Files for bankruptcy.
2009 - Tiger Stadium demolition completed.
2009 - National City Bank is rebranded PNB Bank
after acquisition.
2009 - Quicken Loans announces move of headquarters
from Livonia to Detroit’s Compuware Building by mid-2010.
2009 - Last Michigan State Fair after 161 years in Detroit;
property is sold to build Shoppes at Gateway Park.
2009 - Meijer Inc. plans its first Detroit store at
the Shoppes at Gateway Park at Woodward and 8 Mile.
2009 - Riverside Hotel (old Pontchartrain) closed;
furniture, fixtures auctioned off.
2009 - Pontiac Silverdome sold to Triple Sports &
Entertainment at auction for $583,000 in November.
2010 - Pontiac Silverdome reopens in April with a
monster truck event.
2010 - Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power
Solutions LLC plans to build its plant in Holland, MI
2010 - LG Chem-Compact Power has the deal to build packs for the Chevy Volt in
Holland, MI.
2010 - KD Advanced Battery Group LLC, announced plans to build batteries for
electric / hybrid in Midland, MI.
2010 - A123 Systems Inc plans to build a plant to provide lithium ion packs for
Chrysler In Livonia, MI.
2010 - Dokka Fasteners Inc., a manufacturer of hot-formed bolts with a
specialized coating is moving to Auburn Hills, MI.
2011 - Weber Automotive, which develops,
manufactures and assembles complete powertrains locates to Auburn Hill, MI.
2011 - Rock Financial Center is renamed the Suburban
Collection Center in Novi, MI.
Some favorite
Michigan companies
(all of these companies have headquarters in Michigan & make products here)
AMERICAN SPOON FOODS
(MUSTARD, JAMS, JELLIES)
BETTER MADE (POTATO CHIPS)
DOMINOES (PIZZA) -
FAYGO- (FAYGO POP / EVERFRESH
JUICES)
GARDEN FRESH SALSA (FRESH SALSA IN
FERNDALE, MI)
HUNGRY HOWIE'S (PIZZA)
JIFFY BRAND MIXES (CAKE MIXES IN
CHELSEA, MI SINCE 1930)
KOWALSKI (SAUSAGE AND LUNCHEON MEAT)
LITTLE CAESARS (PIZZA)
MORLEY CANDY COMPANY (MORLEY'S AND
SANDER'S)
MUCKY DUCK (MUSTARD)
PIONEER STATE MUTUAL INSURANCE
(HOME INSURANCE)
PIONEER SUGAR
THORN APPLE VALLEY (MEATS)
TOARAMINA'S (PIZZA)
TUBBY'S (SUBMARINE SANDWICHES)
UNCLE RAY'S (POTATO CHIPS AND
SNACKS)
Other
favorite products enjoyed by Michiganians
(these once native Michigan products are no longer made here)
CARHARTT CLOTHING
EVERFRESH JUICE
NEW ERA POTATO CHIPS - no longer in business
RED PELICAN MUSTARD - no longer in business
STROH'S BEER
STROH'S ICE CREAM
VELVET PEANUT BUTTER
VERNOR'S GINGER ALE
Famous
Michigan Natives
Nelson Algren, novelist |
Charles Lindbergh, pilot |
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Tim Allen, actor/comedian |
Joe Louis, boxer |
Anita Baker, singer |
Marvelettes, song group |
Sonny Bono, singer/congressman |
Marshall Mathers (Eminem), singer |
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Jerry
Bruckheimer, movie producer |
Ed McMahon, tv personality |
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Ralph J.
Bunche, statesman |
Terry McMillan, author |
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Ellen Burstyn, actress |
John Mitchell, Attorney General |
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Bruce
Catton, historian |
Harry
Morgan, actor |
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Roger
Chaffee, astronaut |
Ted
Nugent, musician |
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Madonna
Ciccone, actress/singer |
Rosa
Parks, civil rights activist |
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Alice
Cooper, musician |
George
Peppard, actor |
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Francis
Ford Coppola, director |
Gilda
Radner, comedian |
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Dave
Coulier, actor/comedian |
Lone
Ranger, radio show |
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Jeff
Daniels, actor |
Della
Reese, singer/actor |
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Pam
Dawber, actress |
Jason
Robards, Sr., actor |
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Thomas E.
Dewey, politician |
Smokey
Robinson, singer |
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Edna
Ferber, novelist |
Diana
Ross, singer/actress |
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Henry
Ford, industrialist |
Steven
Seagal, actor |
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Four Tops,
song group |
George C.
Scott, actor |
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Aretha
Franklin, singer |
Thomas
Schippes, conductor |
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Glenn
Frey, singer (solo and with the Eagles) |
Bob Seger,
singer/musician |
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Grand
Funk, song group |
Tom
Selleck, actor |
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Julie
Harris, actress |
Tom
Skerritt, actor |
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Thomas
Hearns, boxer |
Potter
Stewart, jurist |
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Telma
Hopkins, actress |
Supremes,
song group |
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Green
Hornet, radio show |
Temptations,
song group |
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David
Allen Grier, actor/comedian |
Lily
Tomlin, actress/comedian |
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Earvin
"Magic" Johnson, basketball player |
Blair
Underwood, actor |
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Ring
Lardner, writer |
Robert
Wagner, actor |
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James Earl
Jones, actor |
Robin
Williams, actor/comedian |
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Alex
Karras, actor |
Stevie
Wonder, singer |
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Casey
Kasem, radio/tv personality |
Danny
Thomas, entertainer |
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Piper
Laurie, actress |
Margaret
Whiting, singer |
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Elmore
"Dutch" Leonard, author |
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