Events from the year 1968 in Michigan. The Associated Press (AP) surveyed newspaper editors and broadcasters and determined the top 10 stories in Michigan for 1968 as follows: 1. * The candidacy of Gov. George W. Romney for President of the United States; 2. * The 1968 Detroit Tigers winning the American League pennant and defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 World Series; 3. * A newspaper strike that shut down the state's two largest newspapers, the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, for nine months; 4. * Gov. Romney's decision to resign as Governor to become United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Pres. Richard M. Nixon; 5. * The reapportionment and redistricting of the state's county boards to reflect a "one man, one vote" proportionality;