1. In 1933, Michigan's Governor William Comstock implemented the Michigan Emergency Relief Administration (MERA), a federal-state program aimed at providing relief to the unemployed during the Great Depression. MERA provided work for unemployed citizens in public projects like road and bridge construction, helped fund education and healthcare, and even offered direct relief payments to those in need.

2. In 1966, the Detroit Tigers played their final game at Tiger Stadium. The historic stadium, located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, first opened in 1912 and saw numerous iconic moments in baseball history, including the 1935 World Series and the 1984 World Series championship.

3. September 2, 1934, marked the opening of the J.W. Westcott Company's mail delivery service via boat. The company, based in Detroit, has been providing mail delivery to passing vessels on the Detroit River since 1874 and remains the world's only floating post office.

4. In 2019, Michigan became the first state in the country to ban flavored e-cigarettes in an effort to reduce youth vaping. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the ban, which included all flavored nicotine vaping products, in response to a rise in vaping-related illnesses and deaths across the country.

5. On September 2, 2011, the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan, opened the largest independent automotive research facility in the world. The 335,000 square foot facility houses state-of-the-art equipment and resources for researchers in the automotive industry, including virtual driving simulators and advanced vehicle testing labs.