1. The Ford Model T was first introduced on March 18, 1908, in Detroit, Michigan. This revolutionary automobile became the first mass-produced vehicle and changed the landscape of transportation forever.

2. In 1937, the first indoor ice hockey game was played in Detroit's Olympia Stadium on March 18. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-1.

3. On March 18, 1962, the famous Kellogg's Cereal Factory located in Battle Creek, Michigan, caught on fire, leaving $1 million in damages. Luckily, no one was injured in the fire.

4. The Michigan Wolverines basketball team won their first NCAA championship on March 18, 1989. They defeated the Seton Hall Pirates 80-79 in overtime.

5. March 18, 2011, marked the beginning of a disaster in Michigan when a freight train derailed and spilled over 450,000 gallons of crude oil into the Talmadge Creek and Kalamazoo River. The incident became known as the Kalamazoo River Oil Spill and was one of the largest inland oil spills in U.S. history.