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Detroit
Detroit, the largest city in Michigan, was founded by the French in 1701 and grew into the heart of the American automotive industry as the Motor City.
Detroit (film)
Detroit is a 2017 American historical drama film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal, dramatizing the 1967 Detroit riot and the Algiers Motel killings.
Detroit 562
Detroit 562 (CVCL_1171, ATCC CCL-138) is a human pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma cell line from a female patient's metastatic pleural effusion; HPV-negative, TP53 R175H and PIK3CA H1047R mutant, widely used HNSCC model.
Detroit 6
Detroit 6 (Det-6, CVCL_2436) is a human cancer cell line described in 1956 as sternal marrow from a male lung carcinoma patient but shown by Gartler and later work to be a HeLa derivative carrying HPV18.
Detroit bankruptcy
The Detroit bankruptcy was a Chapter 9 filing on July 18, 2013, the largest municipal bankruptcy in United States history, with about $18 billion in debt.
Detroit Bridgerton Themed Ball
Detroit Bridgerton Themed Ball, also called Detroit Bridgerton Ball, was an unofficial Uncle & Me LLC fan event at the Harmonie Club on September 22, 2024, where $150-$1,000 tickets bought raw food, a lone violinist and a pole dancer instead of the advertised Regency ball, prompting scam complaints and refund demands.
Detroit Dam
Detroit Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the North Santiam River about 45 miles east of Salem, Oregon, built by the Army Corps of Engineers between 1949 and 1953.
Detroit Diesel
Detroit Diesel is an American manufacturer of heavy-duty diesel engines for trucks, based in Detroit, Michigan, and owned by Daimler Truck North America since 2000.
Detroit Diesel Series 53
The Detroit Diesel Series 53 is a family of two-stroke diesel engines with 53 cubic inches per cylinder, launched by Detroit Diesel in 1957 for on-highway trucks.
Detroit Diesel Series 71
The Detroit Diesel Series 71 is a family of two-cycle diesel engines with 71 cubic inches per cylinder, introduced by General Motors in 1938 and produced for over half a century.
Detroit Diesel Series 92
The Detroit Diesel Series 92 is a family of two-stroke V-configuration diesel engines produced by Detroit Diesel from 1974, whose 6V-92TA dominated US transit buses.
Detroit Diesel V8 engine
The Detroit Diesel V8 engine, also known as the GM Diesel V8, is a family of 6.2- and 6.5-liter diesel V8s used in GM trucks and the military HMMWV from 1982.
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press, often called the Freep, is a daily newspaper founded in Detroit in 1831, owned by Gannett since 2005, with 10 Pulitzer Prizes.
Detroit Grand Prix Street Circuit
Detroit Grand Prix Street Circuit: 1.645-mile, nine-turn temporary course on downtown Detroit streets (Jefferson, Bates, Atwater), used 1982-1991 and since 2023, hosting IndyCar and IMSA races.
Detroit Industry Murals
The Detroit Industry Murals are 27 fresco panels painted by Diego Rivera in 1932 and 1933 at the Detroit Institute of Arts, depicting Detroit's industry.
Detroit International Bridge Company
The Detroit International Bridge Company is a private, for-profit Michigan corporation that owns the United States side of the Ambassador Bridge, the toll crossing between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions, NFL team in the NFC North, founded 1929 as the Portsmouth Spartans, moved to Detroit 1934. Four NFL championships (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957), Ford family owners, home at Ford Field since 2002, no Super Bowl appearance.
Detroit mayoral elections
Detroit mayoral elections are nonpartisan municipal contests choosing the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, held with an August primary and November general; Mary Sheffield won the 2025 race.
Detroit Metropolitan Airport
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, also called Detroit Metro Airport or DTW, is an airport in Romulus, Michigan, about 15 miles south of Detroit, and Michigan's busiest.
Detroit Olympia
The Detroit Olympia, known as Olympia Stadium and nicknamed the Old Red Barn, was a Detroit arena that was home to the Detroit Red Wings from 1927 until 1979.
Detroit Partnership
The Detroit Partnership is Detroit, Michigan's Italian-American La Cosa Nostra family, also called the Tocco–Zerilli crime family after its intermarried ruling families; known for Prohibition-era Purple Gang roots, gambling and extortion rackets, and the 1996 GAMTAX indictment of 17 members including boss Jack Tocco.
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons, NBA Eastern Conference team founded 1937 in Fort Wayne as the Fort Wayne Pistons, moved to Detroit 1957. Three NBA titles: 1989, 1990 (Bad Boys), 2004; home is Little Caesars Arena.
Detroit Plateau
Detroit Plateau: major ice-covered interior plateau of Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula, 1,500-1,800 m high, seen from the air by Hubert Wilkins in 1928 and named for the Detroit Aviation Society.
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings, NHL Original Six franchise founded September 25, 1926 as the Detroit Cougars, later Detroit Falcons; 11 Stanley Cups, most among American-based NHL teams; plays at Little Caesars Arena since 2017 after Olympia Stadium and Joe Louis Arena.
Detroit River
The Detroit River is a 51-kilometer strait in the Great Lakes that carries water from Lake St. Clair down to Lake Erie and forms the US–Canada boundary.
Detroit Rock City (film)
Detroit Rock City is a 1999 Adam Rifkin comedy, produced by KISS's Gene Simmons, about four 1978 teenage KISS fans trying to reach a Detroit concert after a mother burns their tickets; it flopped at the box office but became a cult favorite.
Detroit SportsNet
Detroit SportsNet (DSN) is a regional sports network launched March 2, 2026 by Ilitch Sports + Entertainment with MLB, the in-market TV and streaming home of the Detroit Tigers (2026) and Detroit Red Wings (2026-27), replacing FanDuel Sports Network Detroit.
Detroit Tank Arsenal
The Detroit Tank Arsenal, later the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant, was a US Army tank factory in Warren, Michigan, built in 1940 and operated by Chrysler.
Detroit techno
Detroit techno: electronic dance music genre created in early-1980s Detroit by the Belleville Three (Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson), named via Atkins' 'Techno City' on a British compilation, spread to Europe via Transmat's 'Strings of Life' and the 1988 Techno! compilation.
Detroit Techno Militia
Detroit Techno Militia (DTM) is a Detroit-based collective of DJs and producers and a record label, founded in 2002 to preserve and promote Detroit techno heritage worldwide.