2024 in Michigan

Events

January 8 – The 2024 Michigan Wolverines football team defeated the Washington Huskies, 34–13, in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship game.^[1]
February 27 – Michigan held its Republican and Democratic primaries. Former president Donald Trump and incumbent president Joe Biden were the respective winners.^[2]
March 2 – Republican Party caucuses were held in Michigan for the 2024 United States presidential election. Former president Donald Trump won all three contests.^[3]
April 25 – 2024 NFL draft: The first round of the NFL draft was held in Detroit, with the Chicago Bears taking former USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the first overall pick.^[4]
May 7 – Tornado outbreak of May 6–10, 2024: A FedEx warehouse in Portage, was destroyed by a tornado.^[5]
May 27 – A teenager was killed and six other people were injured in a shooting in downtown Lansing.^[6]
May 30 –
- The third human case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States was found in a dairy worker in Michigan.^[7]
- Police dismantled and removed a student pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit.^[8]
June 6 – A number of people were injured by tornadoes in Michigan.^[9]
June 15 – 2024 Rochester Hills shooting: Nine people were injured, including two young children, in a shooting at a splash pad in Rochester Hills.^[10]
August 16 – Cornel West 2024 presidential campaign: Independent presidential candidate Cornel West and his running mate Melina Abdullah were disqualified from and refused entry on the 2024 Michigan presidential election ballot due to an improperly notarized form.^[11]

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Deaths

February 23 – Paul Muxlow, Michigan state representative (2011-2016)^[12]
February 24 – Eric Mays, Flint city council member (since 2013)^[13]
March 27 – James R. McNutt, Michigan state representative (1991-1998)^[14]
March 28 – Mike Green, Michigan state senator (2011-2019) and state representative (1995-2000)^[15]
May 3 – Obi Ezeh, Michigan Wolverines linebacker^[16]
May 8 – Thomas M. Holcomb, Michigan state representative (1975-179)^[17]
May 9 – Jon Urbanchek, Olympic swim coach^[18]
June 21 – George A. McManus Jr., Michigan state representative (1991-2002)^[19]
July 11 – Tim Sneller, Michigan state representative (2017-2022)^[20]
August 21 – James Duderstadt, president of the University of Michigan (1988-1996)^[21]
October 8 – Edward Vaughn, Michigan state representative (1979-1980, 1995-2000)^[22]
December 30 – James E. McBryde, Michigan state representative (1991-1998)^[23]

Incumbents

State government

Mayors of major cities

Federal office holders

Events

Deaths

See also

References

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