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Podcast: Michigan Minute
Episode: First European Ship in Michigan & Soviet Propaganda | August 10
Description: Today in 1697, the European ship Le Griffon docked in Michigan, only to sink in Lake Michigan shortly after. In 1950, Soviet radio claimed Michigan football players were regularly injured, but the U.S. offered Soviet reporters season passes to University of Michigan games to refute the claim.