1948 in Michigan
List of events
Events from the year 1948 in Michigan .
Top stories
The Associated Press polled editors of its member newspapers in Michigan and ranked the state's top news stories of 1948 as follows:[ 1]
The November 2 election of G. Mennen Williams as Governor in an upset over Kim Sigler (354 points)
The April 20 shooting of Walter Reuther with a shotgun blast through his kitchen window (333 points)
Crusades of Michigan Attorney General Eugene F. Black and his feud with Governor Sigler (232 points)
Historic wage agreement between the CIO-UAW and General Motors with a sliding pay scale tied to the cost of living (195 points)
1948 Michigan Wolverines football team is undefeated and ranked No. 1 in final AP Poll (171 points)
The December raid by 300 union men on strike-bound plants of Shakespeare Company in Kalamazoo (158 points)
Federal prosecution of Michigan automobile dealers (84 points)
Arrest of James Tamer and ice hockey betting scandal (59 points)
The April 27 death of William S. Knudsen , a former Ford executive who served as a general in World War II and helped lead the country's efforts to produce war materials (58 points)
The spring strike by 75,000 Chrysler workers (56 points)
Office holders
State office holders
Mayors of major cities
Federal office holders
Population
In the 1940 United States census , Michigan was recorded as having a population of 5,256,106, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1950, Michigan's population had increased by 21.2% to 6,371,766.
Cities
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 20,000 based on 1940 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1930 and 1950 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.
1940 Rank
City
County
1940 Pop.
1946 Est.
1950 Pop.
Change 1940-50
1
Detroit
Wayne
1,623,452
1,815,000[ 2]
1,849,568
13.9%
2
Grand Rapids
Kent
164,292
176,515
7.4%
3
Flint
Genesee
151,543
163,143
7.7%
4
Saginaw
Saginaw
82,794
92,918
12.2%
5
Lansing
Ingham
78,753
90,000[ 3]
92,129
17.0%
6
Pontiac
Oakland
66,626
73,681
10.6%
7
Dearborn
Wayne
63,589
94,994
49.4%
8
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo
54,097
57,704
6.7%
9
Highland Park
Wayne
50,810
46,393
−8.7%
10
Hamtramck
Wayne
49,839
48,938[ 4]
43,555
−12.6%
11
Jackson
Jackson
49,656
51,088
2.9%
12
Bay City
Bay
47,956
52,523
9.5%
13
Muskegon
Muskegon
47,697
48,429
1.5%
14
Battle Creek
Calhoun
43,453
48,666
12.0%
15
Port Huron
St. Clair
32,759
35,725
9.1%
16
Wyandotte
Wayne
30,618
36,846
20.3%
17
Ann Arbor
Washtenaw
29,815
48,251
61.8%
18
Royal Oak
Oakland
25,087
46,898
86.9%
19
Ferndale
Oakland
22,523
29,675
31.8%
Counties
The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 75,000 based on 1940 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1930 and 1950 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.
1940 Rank
County
Largest city
1930 Pop.
1940 Pop.
1950 Pop.
Change 1940-50
1
Wayne
Detroit
1,888,946
2,015,623
2,435,235
20.8%
2
Oakland
Pontiac
211,251
254,068
396,001
55.9%
3
Kent
Grand Rapids
240,511
246,338
288,292
17.0%
4
Genesee
Flint
211,641
227,944
270,963
18.9%
5
Ingham
Lansing
116,587
130,616
172,941
32.4%
6
Saginaw
Saginaw
120,717
130,468
153,515
17.7%
7
Macomb
Warren
77,146
107,638
184,961
71.8%
8
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo
91,368
100,085
126,707
26.6%
9
Jackson
Jackson
92,304
93,108
108,168
16.2%
10
Muskegon
Muskegon
84,630
94,501
121,545
28.6%
11
Calhoun
Battle Creek
87,043
94,206
120,813
28.2%
Companies
The following is a list of major companies based in Michigan in 1948.
Sports
Baseball
Basketball
Ice hockey
Boat racing
Boxing
Golfing
Other
Chronology of events
Births
April 2 - Tom Gage , sportswriter for The Detroit News (1979-2015) and 2015 recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, in Detroit
June 16 - Ron LeFlore , Major League Baseball center fielder (1974-1982) whose life story was depicted in One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story , in Detroit
September 29 - Mark Farner , singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for Grand Funk Railroad , in Flint, Michigan
October 1 - Cub Koda , singer, guitarist, songwriter ("Smokin' in the Boys Room "), and music critic, in Detroit
October 12 - John Engler , Governor of Michigan (1991-2003), in Pleasant Ridge, Michigan
November 6 - Glenn Frey , singer, songwriter and actor, best known as a founding member of the rock band Eagles, in Detroit
November 24 - Rudy Tomjanovich , professional basketball player (1970-1981) and 5× NBA All-Star, in Hamtramck, Michigan
December 7 - Dennis M. Hertel , U.S. Congressman (1981-1993), in Detroit
December 13 - Ted Nugent , musician and conservative political activistin Redford, Michigan
December 27 - Edsel Ford II , great-grandson of Henry Ford a member of the board of directors of Ford Motor Company, in Detroit
Deaths
See also
References
^ "Editors Pick Upset In Lansing Politics As 1948 No. 1 Story" . The Escanaba Daily Press . December 31, 1948. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "L.A. Gives the Count to Detroit" . Detroit Free Press . July 28, 1946. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "City Needs 7,000 Homes" . Lansing State Journal . March 10, 1946. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Unusual Statistics Of State Revealed" . Lansing State Journal . January 25, 1946. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Ford was a privately held company until 1956. Accordingly, its financial results for 1948 were not made public.
^ "1948 Detroit Tigers Statistics" . Baseball-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2017 .
^ "2012 University of Michigan Baseball Record Book" (PDF) . University of Michigan. 2012. pp. 22, 71. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
^ 2012 Record Book, p. 13.
^ "1948 Detroit Lions Statistics & Players" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2017 .
^ "1948 Football Team" . Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. Retrieved July 10, 2017 .
^ "1948 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2017 .
^ "1948 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 23, 2015 .
^ "University of Michigan Basketball Record Book" (PDF) . University of Michigan. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-26. Retrieved 2017-07-13 .
^ "1947-48 Detroit Red Wings Roster and Statistics" . Hockey-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2017 .