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10 unusual facts about Dearborn


1965 24 Hours of Le Mans

The Mark II was developed by Ford subsidiary Kar Kraft in Dearborn under the direction of Roy Lunn.

Art James

He was born Artur Simeonvich Elimchik in Dearborn, Michigan to Russian immigrants (fluent in Russian, he taught English to Russian immigrants).

Charles W. Jones

Shortly thereafter, Senator Jones was taken into custody and brought to an asylum for the insane in Dearborn, Michigan where he stayed until his death over seven years later.

David Skrbina

He is currently a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan's Dearborn campus.

Dearborn Ice Skating Center

Dearborn Ice Skating Center (The DISC, formerly Mike Adray Arena) is a 1,700-seat indoor ice arena located in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ford R. Bryan

Ford R. Bryan (13 May 1912 – 14 May 2004) was a member of the Ford family of Dearborn, who provided authentic historical information about the Ford family based almost entirely the Ford Archives of Henry Ford Museum and associated Greenfield Village.

Hollinwood Branch Canal

It was then placed at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan.

Jack Cassini

Born in Dearborn, Michigan, he was a six-time stolen base champion during his minor league playing career (1940–41; 1946–55) and stole 378 bases lifetime.

Kherbet Rouha

North America also has many citizens from Kherbet Rouha that live in other cities such as Lac La Biche, Windsor, Woodstock, London, Toronto and Dearborn, Michigan.

ROH Survival of the Fittest

ROH's sixth Survival of the Fittest tournament took place on November 12, 2010 in Dearborn, Michigan.


Bob Goodenow

Robert W. "Bob" Goodenow (born October 29, 1952 in Dearborn, Michigan) is an American manager, who became the Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players Association in 1992, succeeding Alan Eagleson.

Camp Dearborn

During the Great Recession of 2008, Dearborn investigated selling off the camp but found that the camp was profitable and that there was no prospect of a reasonably profitable sale due to zoning issues.

Carl Edvard Johansson

Ford bought the entire American company, CE Johansson Inc., that he had established 1918 in Poughkeepsie, New York and all the equipment was moved to Dearborn.

Copperpenny

"You're Still The One" was the band's first mainstream hit and the follow-up, 1973's "Sitting On A Poor Man's Throne," was recorded in Dearborn, Michigan, with Richard Becker.

Edward Mardigian

Pleased with the work of the Armenian Research Center and with the generosity of the Mardigians towards the University, which has extended beyond their original contributions, the then Chancellor of the Dearborn campus, William A. Jenkins, recommended to the President of The University of Michigan, at that time Harold Shapiro, that the University name the campus library the Edward and Helen Mardigian Library.

Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick

He finds a shovel nearby, and also finds that the Deadites have invaded the Kitten Club (Dearborn's local strip joint), and the police are blocking both the entrance to the bar and the part of town behind it to slay any creatures who come out.

Great Mall of the Bay Area

The Great Mall of the Bay Area, which opened on September 22, 1994, was developed as a joint venture between Ford Motor Land Development Corporation of Dearborn, Michigan and Petrie Dierman Kughn of McLean, Virginia.

Hampton, New Brunswick

The town of Hampton is the birthplace of John Peters Humphrey, (one of the drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), home of the late artist and sculptor John Hooper, MLA Bev Harrison, NHL referee Tim Peel, East Coast Music Association 2007, 2008 & 2009 nominee - singer/songwriter Jessica Rhaye, journalist/New Brunswick author Dorothy Dearborn, and journalist/New Brunswick author Stuart D. Trueman.

Harris Theater

One of the twin Harris and Selwyn Theaters - a 1922 900-seat Chicago Theater located at Dearborn and Lake Street.

Health Care Service Corporation

HCSC offers a wide variety of health and life insurance products and related services, through its operating divisions and subsidiaries; including Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and Dearborn National.

Henry Dearborn

Although Dearborn had minor successes at the capture of York (now Toronto) on April 27, 1813, and at the capture of Fort George on May 27, 1813, his command was, for the most part, ineffective.

Henry Miller

Dearborn, Mary V. The Happiest Man Alive: A Biography of Henry Miller, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.

History of railroads in Michigan

The other, a proposed project by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, would provide daily service between Detroit and Ann Arbor with stops in Ypsilanti, Detroit Metro Airport, and Dearborn.

James Edward Zimmerman

Ford Motor Company, Scientific Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan, 1955 – 1969

Joe Ford

Joseph M. Ford (Dearborn City Council, 1912–1954), member of the Dearborn, MI City Council from 1945-1953

John Baldoni

Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he received his AB in English from Georgetown University in 1974, a Diploma in Film from the London Film School in 1976, and an MA with honors from the University of Michigan (Dearborn) in 1999.

John P. Reese

His first book, The Market Gurus: Stock Investing Strategies You Can Use From Wall Street's Best (Dearborn, 2002. ISBN 978-0976510109), was co-authored with Todd O. Glassman and examined the strategies of eight different stock market investors—Peter Lynch, Benjamin Graham, William O'Neil, Warren Buffett, David Dreman, Martin Zweig, Kenneth Fisher, and James O'Shaughnessy.

Michigan Mega Conference

Consequently, current member schools Dearborn Heights Robichaud and Romulus filed complaints against the conference for denying their admission as members to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the United States Department of Education.

Michigan Services

For Detroit Metro Airport, exit at the Dearborn station, take SMART bus 200 west (outbound) and transfer to bus 280 south at Middlebelt Road.

Najee Mondalek

"Arabic إبتسم أنت في ديربورن" "translit: Ibtasim Anta fee Dearborn" premiered on June 1993 in Dearborn, Michigan.

"Arabic إبتسم أنت في أميركا" "translit: Ibtasim Anta fee America" premiered Saturday September 10, 1994 in Dearborn (Michigan) and was performed in 1994-1995 season.

Nathan Heald

On August 9, Heald received orders from General William Hull to evacuate the troops from Fort Dearborn, leaving behind all the supplies at the fort.

National Arab American Medical Association

The foundation has also supported social and human service organizations such as the Community Health Center built by the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) in Dearborn, Michigan; members have also donated their time and money to help the relief efforts following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Not for Children

The production starred Elliott Nugent as Ambrose Atwater, Betty Field as Theodora Effington, J. Edward Bromberg as Timothy Forrest, Ann Thomas as Prudence Dearborn, Keene Crockett as Elijah Silverhammer, Alexander Clark as Clarence Orth, and Joan Copeland as Evangeline Orth.

Pearl Street Station

The models still exist and are on display at the Smithsonian Institution Behring Center in Washington, at the Consolidated Edison Learning Center in Long Island City, New York and at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

Robyn Douglass

In 2002 the Halprins sued Prairie Single Family Homes of Dearborn Park Association under the Civil Rights Act of 1968, claiming that the neighborhood association was allowing harassment of the couple because Rick Halprin is Jewish.

Stan Lopata

After his professional baseball career was over, Lopata made a living by working at a steel plant in Dearborn, Michigan, later moving back to Philadelphia to work for IBM.

Syrian American Council

As of April 10, 2013, SAC has 21 chapters across the U.S. in Chicago, Orlando, Los Angeles, Northern California, Washington, D.C./Virginia, Dearborn, New Jersey, Georgia, Indianapolis, Panama City, West Virginia, North Carolina, San Diego, Tampa, South Florida, Flint, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Raleigh, and Detroit.

The Dead Eyes of London

Dieter Borsche as David Judd aka Mr. Lennox aka Reverend (Paul) Dearborn

Thomas Siebel

A part-time Montana resident, Siebel owns and operates the Dearborn Ranch in Wolf Creek, Montana, and the N Bar Ranch in Grass Range, Montana, both working cattle ranches.

University of Michigan-Dearborn Fieldhouse

The facility houses a 2,500-seat multi-purpose gymnasium that is the home to the Michigan-Dearborn Men's and Women's basketball teams, and UMD Women's Volleyball team competing at the NAIA Division II level in the Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC).