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1. In 1701, French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, which would later become the city of Detroit.
2. In 1838, the Treaty of Washington was signed, which resolved the Upper Peninsula boundary dispute between Michigan and Wisconsin.
3. In 1872, the first Grand Traverse County Fair was held in Traverse City, Michigan. It is now one of the state's largest county fairs.
4. In 1917, the Ford Motor Company introduced the Fordson tractor, which revolutionized farming methods and made agricultural work more efficient.
5. In 1999, a tornado hit the city of Flint, Michigan, causing extensive damage and killing one person. The tornado was part of a larger outbreak that swept through the Great Lakes region.
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