1936 in Michigan

Events from the year 1936 in Michigan.

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Office holders

Population

In the 1930 United States census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 4,842,325, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1940, Michigan's population had increased by 8.5% to 5,256,106.

Cities

The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 20,000 based on 1930 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1920 and 1940 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.

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1930 Rank	City	County	1920 Pop.	1930 Pop.	1940 Pop.	Change 1930-40
1	Detroit	Wayne	993,678	1,568,662	1,623,452	3.5%
2	Grand Rapids	Kent	137,634	168,592	164,292	â2.6%
3	Flint	Genesee	91,599	156,492	151,543	â3.2%
4	Saginaw	Saginaw	61,903	80,715	82,794	2.6%
5	Lansing	Ingham	57,327	78,397	78,753	0.5%
6	Pontiac	Oakland	34,273	64,928	66,626	2.6%
7	Hamtramck	Wayne	48,615	56,268	49,839	â11.4%
8	Jackson	Jackson	48,374	55,187	49,656	â10.0%
9	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	48,487	54,786	54,097	â1.3%
10	Highland Park	Wayne	46,499	52,959	50,810	â4.1%
11	Dearborn	Wayne	2,470	50,358	63,589	26.3%
12	Bay City	Bay	47,554	47,355	47,956	1.3%
13	Battle Creek	Calhoun	36,164	45,573	43,453	â4.7%
14	Muskegon	Muskegon	36,570	41,390	47,697	15.2%
15	Port Huron	St. Clair	25,944	31,361	32,759	4.5%
16	Wyandotte	Wayne	13,851	28,368	30,618	7.9%
17	Ann Arbor	Washtenaw	19,516	26,944	29,815	10.7%
18	Royal Oak	Oakland	6,007	22,904	25,087	9.5%
19	Ferndale	Oakland	2,640	20,855	22,523	8.0%

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Counties

The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 50,000 based on 1930 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1920 and 1940 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases.

More information 1930 Rank, County ...

1930 Rank	County	Largest city	1920 Pop.	1930 Pop.	1940 Pop.	Change 1930-40
1	Wayne	Detroit	1,177,645	1,888,946	2,015,623	6.7%
2	Kent	Grand Rapids	183,041	240,511	246,338	2.4%
3	Genesee	Flint	125,668	211,641	227,944	7.7%
4	Oakland	Pontiac	90,050	211,251	254,068	20.3%
5	Saginaw	Saginaw	100,286	120,717	130,468	8.1%
6	Ingham	Lansing	81,554	116,587	130,616	12.0%
7	Jackson	Jackson	72,539	92,304	93,108	0.9%
8	Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	71,225	91,368	100,085	9.5%
9	Calhoun	Battle Creek	72,918	87,043	94,206	8.2%
10	Muskegon	Muskegon	62,362	84,630	94,501	11.7%
11	Berrien	Benton Harbor	62,653	81,066	89,117	9.9%
12	Macomb	Warren	38,103	77,146	107,638	39.5%
13	Bay	Bay City	69,548	69,474	74,981	7.9%
14	St. Clair	Port Huron	58,009	67,563	76,222	12.8%
15	Washtenaw	Ann Arbor	49,520	65,530	80,810	23.3%
16	Ottawa	Holland	47,660	54,858	59,660	8.8%
17	Houghton	Houghton	71,930	52,851	47,631	â9.9%
18	Monroe	Monroe	37,115	52,485	58,620	11.7%
19	Lenawee	Adrian	47,767	49,849	53,110	6.5%

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Sports

Baseball

1936 Detroit Tigers season â Under player-manager Mickey Cochrane, the Tigers compiled an 83-71 record and finished in second place in the American League. The team's statistical leaders included second baseman Charlie Gehringer with a .354 batting average and 60 doubles, Goose Goslin with 24 home runs and 125 RBIs, and Tommy Bridges with 23 wins and a 3.60 earned run average.^[3]
1936 Michigan Wolverines baseball season - Under head coach Ray Fisher, the Wolverines compiled a 20â5 record and won the Big Ten Conference championship.^[4] Berger Larson was the team captain.^[5]

American football

1936 Detroit Lions season â Under head coach Potsy Clark, the Lions compiled an 8â4 record and placed third in the NFL's Western Division. The team's statistical leaders included Dutch Clark with 467 passing yards and 73 points scored, Ace Gutowsky with 827 rushing yards, and Harry Ebding with 194 receiving yards.^[6]
1936 Michigan Wolverines football team â The Wolverines compiled a 1â7 record under head coach Harry Kipke.^[7]
1936 Michigan State Spartans football team â The Spartans compiled a 6â1â2 record under head coach Charlie Bachman.^[8]
1936 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team â The Hurons compiled a record of 6â2 and outscored opponents by a total of 76 to 53.
1936 Detroit Titans football team â The Titans compiled a 7â3 record under head coach Gus Dorais.^[9]
1936 Wayne Tartars football team â The Tartars compiled a 5â2â1 record under head coach Joe Gembis.^[10]

Basketball

1935â36 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team â Under head coach Buck Read, the Broncos compiled a 15â3 record.^[11]
1935â36 Detroit Titans men's basketball team â Under head coach Lloyd Brazil, the Titans compiled a 12â5 record.^[12]
1935â36 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team â Under head coach Franklin Cappon, the Wolverines compiled an 8â12 record.^[13] Johnny Gee and Chelso Tamagno were members of the team.
1935â36 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team â Under head coach Benjamin Van Alstyne, the Spartans compiled an 8â9 record.^[14]
1935â36 Wayne Tartars men's basketball team â Under coach Newman Ertell,^[15] Wayne compiled a 13â4 record.^[16]

Ice hockey

1935â36 Detroit Red Wings season â Under coach Jack Adams, the Red Wings compiled a 24â16â8 record, finished in first place in the National Hockey League (NHL) American Division, and defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1936 Stanley Cup Finals. The team's statistical leaders included Marty Barry with 21 goals and 40 points and Herbie Lewis with 23 assists.^[17]
1935â36 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team â Under head coach Ed Lowrey, the Wolverines compiled a 7â9 record.^[18]
1935â36 Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team â Under head coach Bert Noblet, the Huskies compiled a 6â9â1 record.^[19]

Other

Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race â On July 19, the Baccarat owned by Russell Alger won the race with a corrected time of 40 hours, 27 minutes, 45 seconds.^[20]
Michigan Open - On July 21, Marvin Stahl from Green Ridge Country Club in Grand Rapids won the event with a 284 total (four under par) in Jackson, Michigan.^[21]
APBA Gold Cup â On July 26, Kaye Don driving Horace Dodge's Impshi, representing the Detroit Yacht Club, won the Gold Cup on the waters of Lake George.^[22]

Chronology of events

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Births

January 14 - Linda Lawson, television and film actress and singer, in Ann Arbor, Michigan
January 27 - Samuel C. C. Ting, Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered the subatomic J/Ï particle, in Ann Arbor, Michigan
February 11 - Burt Reynolds, actor (Deliverance, The Longest Yard, Smokey and the Bandit, Boogie Nights), in Lansing, Michigan
February 29 - Jack R. Lousma, NASA astronaut (Skylab, Space Shuttle STS-3 commander), in Grand Rapids, Michigan
March 26 - Jim Ninowski, NFL quarterback (1958-1969), in Detroit
March 29 - Judith Guest, novelist (Ordinary People) and screenwriter (Ordinary People), in Detroit
April 10 - Bobby Smith, one of the lead singers of Motown's The Spinners, in Detroit
April 12 - Tony Earl, Governor of Wisconsin (1983-1987), in Lansing, Michigan
June 6 - Levi Stubbs, lead singer of Motown's Four Tops, in Detroit
June 14 - Dave Whitsell, NFL cornerback (1958-1969), in Shelby, Michigan
June 15 - Renaldo Benson, one of Motown's Four Tops and co-writer of "What's Going On", in Detroit
June 26 - Nancy Willard, author (Anatole trilogy, A Visit to William Blake's Inn), in Ann Arbor, Michigan
June 28 - Fred Gladding, Major League Baseball pitcher (1961-1973), NL saves leader in 1969, in Flat Rock, Michigan
August 16 - Ken W. Clawson, White House Communications Director under Presidents Nixon and Ford, in Monroe, Michigan
September 11 - Paul Riser, trombonist, Motown musical arranger, one of the "Funk Brothers", in Detroit
December 15 - Donald Goines, novelist (including the Kenyatta series), in Detroit

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Deaths

January 18 - John Biddle, Detroit native, career Army officer, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, at age 76 in San Antonio, Texas
February 3 - Charles B. Warren, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1924) and Japan (1921-1922), at age 65 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
February 16 - Roy D. Chapin, co-founder of Hudson Motor Co. and U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1932-1933), at age 55 in Detroit
May 19 - Joe S. Jackson, sports writer and founder of Baseball Writers' Association of America, at age 64 in San Francisco
September 20 - Perce Wilson, quarterback for Detroit Heralds in 1920, the first season of the NFL, at age 46
October 22 - James J. Couzens, Mayor of Detroit (1919-1922) and U.S. Senator (1922-1936), at age 64 in Detroit
October 31 - Deacon McGuire, Major League Baseball player (1884-1912), only person to play for Detroit Wolverines and Detroit Tigers, at age 72 in Duck Lake, Michigan
November 6 - Henry Bourne Joy, President of the Packard Motor Car Company (1909-1926) and one of the organizers of the Lincoln Highway Association, at age 71
November 30 - Fred W. Green, Governor of Michigan (1927-1931), at age 65 in Munising, Michigan