Events from 1980 in Michigan .
The Associated Press (AP) selects Michigan headlines in Michigan as follows:
- Record losses by Big Three automakers and lay off 190,000 workers by the end of the year and production drops below Japanese carmakers for the first time in history;
- The economic downturn in Michigan resulted in layoffs of state employees, increased welfare rolls, and reduced state services;
- The radical tax-deductible proposal from Drain Shiawassee Commissioner Robert Tisch, known as the Tisch Amendment, was defeated in November elections;
- The Chrysler Corporation's struggle to avoid bankruptcy, including a $ 1.47 billion loss in the first nine months, the introduction of K cars, and the pursuit of additional federal loan guarantees;
- The 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit that nominated Ronald Reagan as his Presidential candidate;
- Tornado Kalamazoo 1980 on May 13 that killed five people and injured 80;
- Compromise on oil drilling in the Pigeon River State Forest with new drilling to be allowed in forests, but under enhanced environmental protection;
- The Detroit City Challenge against the US Census of 1980, including a federal court ruling that counts less than five million, mostly Africans and Hispanics, people;
- Charles Diggs's resignation from Congress and the start of his jail sentence after his conviction in 1978 under a payroll scheme; and
- The ongoing debate over Indian fishing rights and US Department of State restrictions on the use of gill nets on the upper Great Lakes.
Also receiving extensive press coverage in Detroit was controversy over General Motors' plan, backed by local government, to use leading domains to remove 1,500 homes and 150 businesses to build new assembly plants in Hamtramck and Poletown.
The AP also selects top state sports stories as follows:
- The Detroit Lions winner from Oklahoma's Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims was the first overall choice in the 1980 NFL Draft and contracted him to a $ 1.7 million three-year contract;
- Al Kaline enters the Baseball Hall of Fame, the 10th player in history selected for the first vote;
- Michigan Wolverines 1980 football team scored a 10-2 record and won the Big Ten Conference;
- Thomas Hearns from Kronk Gym won the WBA welterweight championship;
- Joe Kearny and Darryl Rogers out of Michigan State;
- The 1980 Detroit Lions' started the season with four wins but then lost seven of the last 12 games;
- Michigan Recruitment Muddy Waters as his premier football coach;
- Detroit Pistons' trade Bob Lanier on February 4th to Milwaukee Bucks instead of Kent Benson and draft first round of 1980;
- The hired Bill Frieder as head coach of Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team after Johnny Orr went to Iowa State; and
- Red Wing shooting by Ted Lindsay as general manager and Bobby Kromm as head coach.
This year's highlight in Michigan music including Bob Seger Against the Wind reached # 1 on the album charts, The Romantics debuted with the song "What I Like About You", and the hit single by Stevie Wonder ("Master Blaster ( Jammin ') "), Diana Ross (" Upside Down "), and The Spinners (" Working My Way Back to You ").
Video 1980 in Michigan
Office holder
Country office holder
- The Governor of Michigan: William Milliken (Republic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: James H. Brickley (Republic)
- Michigan Attorney General: Frank J. Kelley (Democrat)
- Michigan State Secretary: Richard H. Austin (Democrat)
- Chairman of the Michigan Representative Council: Bobby Crim (Democrat)
- Senate Majority Leader of Michigan: William Faust (Democrat)
- Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: Mary S. Coleman
The mayor of the big cities
- The Mayor of Detroit: Coleman Young
- The Mayor of Grand Rapids: Abe L. Drasin
- Flint Mayor: James W. Rutherford
- The Mayor of Lansing: Gerald W. Graves
- Mayor of Ann Arbor: Louis Belcher (Republic)
Holder of the federal office
- US. Senator from Michigan: Donald W. Riegle Jr. (Democrat)
- US. Senator from Michigan: Carl Levin (Democrat)
- House District 1: John Conyers (Democrat)
- House District 2: Carl Pursell (Republic)
- House District 3: Howard Wolpe (Republic)
- House District 4: David Stockman (Republic)
- House District 5: Harold S. Sawyer (Republic)
- House District 6: Bob Carr (Democrat)
- House District 7: Dale Kildee (Democrat)
- House District 8: J. Bob Traxler (Democrat)
- House District 9: Guy Vander Jagt (Republic)
- House District 10: Donald J. Albosta (Democrat)
- House District 11: Robert William Davis (Republic)
- House District 12: David Bonior (Democrat)
- House District 13: Charles Diggs (Democrat)/George Crockett Jr. (Democrats)
- House District 14: Lucien N. Nedzi (Democrat)
- House District 15: William D. Ford (Democrat)
- House District 16: John Dingell (Democrat)
- House District 17: William M. Brodhead (Democrat)
- House District 18: James Blanchard (Democrat)
- House District 19: William Broomfield (Republic)
Maps 1980 in Michigan
Population
In the US Census of 1980, Michigan was recorded to have a population of 9259,000 people, who ranks eighth most populous country in the country. In 1990, the country's population grew only slightly by 0.4% to 9259,000 people.
City
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 50,000 based on US Census data in 1980. Historical census data from the 1970s and 1990s were included to reflect the trend of population increase or decline. Cities are part of the shady metropolitan area of ​​Detroit.
Counties
The following is a list of districts in Michigan with a population of at least 100,000 based on US Census data in 1980. Historical census data from the 1970s and 1990s were included to reflect the trend of population increase or decline. The areas that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are brown.
Company
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