Editing Dearborn, Michigan (section)

===Reincorporation as city===
* February 14, 1927 – Village of Dearborn residents approve vote to become a city.
* June 12, 1928 – Voters in Dearborn, Fordson and part of Dearborn Township vote to consolidate into one city.
* January 9, 1929 – Clyde Ford elected as first mayor of Dearborn.
* 1929 – [[The Henry Ford|Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village]] opens.
* July 1, 1931 – Dearborn Inn opens as one of the first airport hotels in world.
* March 7, 1932 – [[Ford Hunger March]] crosses Dearborn city limits. Four marchers are shot to death by police and Ford service men.
* 1936 – John Carey becomes mayor of Dearborn.
* June 19, 1936 – [[Montgomery Ward]] opens in Dearborn.
* May 26, 1937 – [[Harry Bennett]]'s Ford "service" men beat [[United Auto Workers]] (UAW) official [[Richard Frankensteen]] in the [[Battle of the Overpass]]
* June 21, 1941 – [[Ford Motor Company]] signs its first union contract.
* 1939 – The Historic Springwells Park Neighborhood is established by Edsel B. Ford to provide company executives and auto workers with upscale housing accommodations.
* January 6, 1942 – [[Orville L. Hubbard]] takes office as mayor of Dearborn for first time.
* April 7, 1947 – [[Henry Ford]] dies.
* October 20, 1947 – Dearborn City Council approves purchase of land near [[Milford, Michigan]] for what would become Camp Dearborn. First section of camp opens following year.
* October 21, 1947 – Ford Airport officially closes.
* 1950 – First Pleasant Hours senior citizen group formed.
* 1950 – Dearborn Historical Museum formally established.
* January 1953 – Oakwood Hospital formally opened and dedicated.
* April 22, 1958 – Election held to annex part of South Dearborn Township to Dearborn. Proposal fails.
* 1959 – University of Michigan (Dearborn Campus) opens.
* April 6, 1959 – Election held to annex part of North Dearborn Township to Dearborn. Proposal fails.
* 1960 – Remaining parts of Dearborn Township incorporated as [[Dearborn Heights, Michigan]].
* 1962 – St. Joseph's retreat closed and razed
* 1962 – New [[Henry Ford Community College]] campus dedicated.
* November 9, 1962 – [[Ford Rotunda]] burns down
* 1967 – Dearborn Towers in [[Clearwater, Florida]] opens.
* March 2, 1976 – Fairlane Town Center opens.
* 1978 – John B. O' Reilly, Sr. becomes mayor of Dearborn
* November 6, 1981 – Cable Television reaches first home in Dearborn, on Abbot Street.
* December 16, 1982 – Orville Hubbard dies.
* 1986 – Michael Guido becomes mayor of Dearborn.
* 1993 – Michael Guido is the first mayor to run unopposed.
* 2006 – Michael Guido dies at the age of 52 during his 6th term, the only mayor to die in office.
* 2006 – John B. O'Reilly, Jr. is to become temporary Mayor. O'Reilly's father was the mayor who had preceded Mayor Guido.
* 2007 – John B. O'Reilly, Jr. is elected mayor of Dearborn winning 93.97% of the vote.
* 2008 – John B. O'Reilly, Sr. dies at the age of 89; he was Mayor of Dearborn (1978–1985) and also served as Chief of Police for 11 years.