1. On September 10, 1895, the first professional football game in Michigan was played between the Grand Rapids Athletic Club and the Michigan Athletic Club in Detroit. The game ended in a 0-0 tie.
2. In 1913, the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 began on September 10 and would last for four days, resulting in the deaths of over 250 sailors and becoming Michigan's deadliest natural disaster.
3. September 10, 1984 was the day Don Gentile, a World War II flying ace from Piquette, Michigan, died. He was a highly decorated pilot who flew with the Royal Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Forces, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Silver Star.
4. On September 10, 1999, Michigan Governor John Engler signed a bill into law which allowed for the establishment of charter schools in the state. Michigan would become one of the first states in the nation to allow the creation of charter schools.
5. In 2011, on September 10, Michigan State University unveiled the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, a contemporary art museum designed by the renowned architect Zaha Hadid. The striking building has become a landmark on the university's campus and in the city of East Lansing.