1996 Balt Ravens (Cleveland Browns) 1st NFL game, beat Oakland Raiders, 17-14
1996 NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Balt but he had to leave the Browns' name behind
1995 83rd CFL Grey Cup: Balt Stallions defeats Calgary Stampeders, 37-20
1995 Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt
1995 Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Balt is signed
1995 Mike Mussina tosses Balt's 5th consecutive shutout 4-0 win over Tigers
1995 Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Balt to move Browns
1995 Indians' Dennis Martinez no-hits Balt 11-0
1994 82nd CFL Grey Cup: British Columbia Lions defeat Balt Stallions, 26-23
1992 Balt's Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves
1991 With 3 runs in 9th, Balt ends Twins 15 game win streak 6-5
1989 Balt's Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year
1988 Longest game in Balt Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat New York 7-6)
1988 Baltimore Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Balt and get a new park
1980 St. Louis Cardinals sack Balt Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times
1978 Yanks score 5 runs in top of 7th. but rain causes game to be halted and thus score goes back to previous inning, Balt wins 3-0
1976 Piper Cherokee crashes into Balt Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt
1976 Balt Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award
1974 A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Balt ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games
1973 Spencer Folau, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle, Balt Ravens, Rhein Fire
1972 Balt Roric Harrison is last AL pitcher to homer until interleague play 25 years later
1972 N.Y. Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colt (44-34)
1971 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Balt Bullets in 4 games
1969 1st Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar, Balt and Denny McLain, Det)
1968 AL games at Balt and Chicago postponed honoring Robert Kennedy
1967 Tony Siragusa, NFL defensive tackle, Indianapolis Colts, Balt Ravens
1966 Tina Barrett, Balt, LPGA golfer, 1989 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State
1964 Longest HR (471') in Balt Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minn)
1961 Jeff Robinson, baseball player, Det, Balt
1961 Balt and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
1960 Balt manager Paul Richards devises oversized catcher's mitt
1959 Jim Brown scores 5 TDs in Cleveland Browns 38-31 win over Balt
1958 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt
1954 Integration begins in Washington D.C. and Balt MD public schools
1953 Balt Mayor D'Alesandro buys Veeck's interest in Browns for $2,475,000
1948 2nd NBA Championship: Balt Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors, 4 games to 2
1944 Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, NBA Guard, New York Knicks, Balt Bullets
1941 "Mama" Cass Elliot, Balt Maryland, rock vocalist, Mamas and The Papas
1937 Paul Stookey, Balt, singer, Peter, Paul and Mary-Wedding Song
1936 David Joel Zinman, born in New York City, composer and conductor, Balt Symphony-1983
1915 Garry Moore, [Thomas Garrison Morfit], Balt, host, I've Got a Secret
1914 1st Federal League Game: Balt Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2
1914 Larry Adler, Balt, hamonicist, Harmonicats, blacklisted performer
1910 1st city ordinace requiring white and black residential areas (Balt)
1906 Hugh Jennings resigns as Balt manager to take over at Detroit in 1907
1905 Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle, Balt, New York Yanks, Dallas
1903 Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase AL Balt franchise for $18,000 and move it to New York City (Yankees)
1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant
1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt
1900 Mildred Dunnock, Balt, actress, Baby Doll, Nun's Story
1885 Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)
1877 Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9
1849 Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40
1846 Telegraph line opens between Philadelphia and Balt
1830 1st locomotive in U.S., "Tom Thumb," runs from Balt to Ellicotts Mill
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