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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.
Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers, Detroit MLB franchise in the AL Central, founded 1894 in the Western League; oldest AL team with one city and one name, four World Series titles (1935, 1945, 1968, 1984), home Comerica Park since 2000.
Detroit Zoo
The Detroit Zoo is a 125-acre AZA-accredited zoo in Royal Oak, Michigan, run by the Detroit Zoological Society with 2,000+ animals of 200+ species; opened 1928 after an 1883 downtown precursor.
Detroit-style pizza
Detroit-style pizza, born 1946 at Buddy's Rendezvous in Detroit, is a rectangular pan pizza with Wisconsin brick cheese caramelized to the edges (frico) and sauce on top, now a nationally trending style.
Detroit: Become Human
Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream, 2018) is a branching-narrative adventure for PS4 and PC (2019) following androids Kara, Connor, and Markus in 2038 Detroit, with a chapter flowchart, permanent character death, and 85 endings.
Detskaya Literatura
Detskaya Literatura («Де́тская литерату́ра", "Children's Literature") was a Soviet and Russian journal reviewing and criticizing children's books, published in Moscow from 1932 to 1941 and revived in 1965.
Dette Escudero
Bernadette "Dette" G. Escudero is the representative of Sorsogon's 1st District in the Philippine House 20th Congress; she filed 153 principal-author bills, led by education measures including a Special Education Fund expansion bill.
Dettingen (Germany)
Dettingen (Germany): name of several southern German villages (Dettingen an der Erms, unter Teck, an der Iller, near Rottenburg, Horb, Konstanz) and the 1743 Battle of Dettingen; -ingen name from Tato, first mentions 730 to 1275.
Detty December
Detty December is the annual party season from December into early January, when diaspora visitors flock to Lagos and Accra for concerts and beach events.
Detumomab
Detumomab (Specifid, formerly FavId) is a mouse monoclonal antibody against human B-cell lymphoma cells, an investigational Favrille candidate for follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that reached Phase 3 but was never approved.
Detvan
Detvan is a lyrical-epic poem by the Slovak Romantic poet Andrej Sládkovič, written in 1845 and published in 1853, celebrating the strength and morality of the Slovak people.
Deubiquitinating enzyme inhibitors and drug targeting
Deubiquitinating enzyme inhibitors are small molecules blocking the roughly 110 human enzymes that remove ubiquitin tags from proteins, pursued mainly for cancer therapy with none approved.