1. On July 25, 1890, Michigan became the first state to adopt a minimum wage law, setting a minimum pay rate of 10 cents an hour for women and minors.

2. On July 25, 1946, the world's first nuclear reactor to generate electricity was activated at the University of Michigan. Known as the "Chicago Pile-1," it was the first step towards a nuclear-powered future.

3. On July 25, 1957, a young woman named Margaret Gieszinger was born in Michigan. She went on to become an infamous teacher who was caught on video forcibly cutting a student's hair in 2018.

4. On July 25, 1981, the Detroit Free Press reported on the discovery of the wreckage of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm in 1975. The tragedy inspired the famous song by Gordon Lightfoot.

5. On July 25, 1990, Detroit's Joe Louis Arena hosted the first-ever NHL game featuring a Soviet team. The Detroit Red Wings beat the Soviet Wings 5-4 in a thrilling exhibition match that was seen as a symbol of thawing tensions between the US and the USSR.