Episode

Soo Canal Opens & Kellogg's Breakfast Flakes| May 31

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Michigan Minute
Published
May 31, 2026
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60
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Summary

On this day in 1855, the Soo Canal linking Lake Huron and Lake Superior was opened. And in 1884, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented wheat flakes, revolutionizing breakfast.