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Culture of Detroit

  • EminemMarshall Bruce Mathers III arrived in the world on the 17th of October 1972, inside a hospital in St. Joseph, Missouri. His mother Deborah Nelson nearly died…
  • Aretha FranklinAretha Louise Franklin was born on the 25th of March 1942, at her family's home located at 406 Lucy Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • Detroit PistonsFred Zollner owned the Zollner Corporation, a foundry that manufactured pistons primarily for car truck and locomotive engines in Fort Wayne Indiana.
  • Detroit LionsThe franchise began its life in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the Portsmouth Spartans in 1928. It joined the National Football League on the 12th of July 1930.