On this day in 1912: Glenn T. Seaborg, the Nobel-laureate Michigander, was born in Ishpeming, Michigan. He discovered 10 atomic elements, including plutonium, curium, and seaborgium. April 19, 1927, marks the first radio broadcast of a regular season Detroit Tigers baseball game. WWJ and broadcaster Ty Tyson covered the entire season, starting with an 8-5 win over Cleveland. These milestones highlight Michigan's contributions to science and sports.
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There are only 13 atomic elements named after people. One of which is the 1951 Nobel-laureate Michigander who discovered it, along with 9 others, among them plutonium, curium, einsteinium, nobelium and element 106, his element: Seaborgium. Today marks the birthday in 1912 of Glenn T. Seaborg in Ishpeming, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula.
April 19, 1927, marks the first radio broadcast of a regular season Detroit Tiger baseball game. With this, WWJ and longtime broadcaster Ty Tyson began broadcasting the first entire season of a Major League Baseball game. Which, by the way, they had an 8-5 win over the team from Cleveland.