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1996 Event - Baltimore Ravens (Cleveland Browns) 1st NFL game, beat Oakland Raiders, 17-14

1996 Event - Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens

1996 Event - NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Baltimore but he had to leave the Browns' name behind

1995 Event - Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt

1995 Event - Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Baltimore is signed

1995 Event - Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Baltimore to move Browns

1995 Event - Browns and Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleveland for only time, Browns 22-6 over Tampa, Indians 5-3 over Orioles

1995 Event - Indians and Browns play in Cleveland on same day for 1st time ever both lose - Chicago 5, Indians 1; Giants 19, Browns 13 (exhibition)

1994 Event - Cleveland Browns is 1st team in NFL to score a 2-point conversion

1993 Event - Browns Najee Mustafaa sets club rec for longest interception (97 yards)

1992 Event - Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings

1991 Event - Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Philadelphia 32-30

1991 Death - Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals), dies at 82

1990 Event - Houston scores most points against Cleveland, Oilers 58, Browns 14

1989 Event - Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record of 16 cons pass completions

1989 Event - Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass

1989 Event - Browns allow Pittsburgh only 53 net yards, a team defensive record

1987 Event - Browns set club record for most points scored in a quarter, 28

1986 Event - Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21

1986 Event - Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31

1986 Death - Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning

1984 Event - Browns set team records for most sacks (11)

1984 Event - Cleveland Browns' Steve Cox sets club record with a 60-yd field goal

1984 Event - Browns' Ozzie Newsome sets club records with 14 receptions for 191 yards

1984 Event - Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), Kansas City wins 10-6

1983 Event - Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0

1982 Event - Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions

1981 Event - Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) and most turnovers (10)

1981 Event - Browns' quarterback Brian Sipe sets club record by being intercepted 6 times

1981 Event - Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts

1980 Event - Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24

1979 Event - Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns

1977 Event - Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27

1976 Event - Cleveland Browns' Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks

1975 Event - Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals

1972 Event - Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal

1972 Birthday - Eric Zeier, NFL quarterback for the Cleveland Browns

1972 Birthday - Mike Frederick, NFL defensive end, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens

1972 Birthday - Antonio Langham, NFL cornerback for the Cleveland Browns

1972 Birthday - Michael Davis, NFL cornerback for the Cleveland Browns

1971 Birthday - Ernest Hunter, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns

1971 Birthday - Craig Powell, NFL linebacker for the Cleveland Browns

1971 Birthday - Derrick Alexander, NFL wide receiver, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens

1971 Birthday - Mike Caldwell, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals

1971 Birthday - Issac Booth, NFL cornerback and safety for the Cleveland Browns

1971 Birthday - Rich McKenzie, NFL linebacker for the Cleveland Browns

1971 Birthday - Wally Williams, NFL center/guard, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens

1971 Birthday - Romeo Bandison, NFL defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns

1971 Birthday - Quentin Neujahr, NFL center, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns

1971 Birthday - Jed DeVries, NFL tackle for the Cleveland Browns

1970 Birthday - Orlando Brown, NFL tackle, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens

1970 Birthday - Herman Arvie, NFL tackle for the Cleveland Browns

1970 Event - "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21

1970 Birthday - Steve Everitt, NFL center, Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles

1970 Birthday - Harold Bishop, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns

1970 Birthday - Tim Jacobs, NFL running back, Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins

1970 Birthday - Keenan McCardell, NFL wide receiver, Cleveland Browns, Jaguars

1969 Birthday - Michael Bates, NFL wide receiver, Cleveland Browns, Carolina Panthers

1969 Birthday - Pio Sagapolutele, NFL defensive tackle, NO Saints, Cleveland Browns

1969 Birthday - Eddie Sutter, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons

1969 Birthday - Dana Hall, NFL safety for the Cleveland Browns

1969 Birthday - Gerald Dixon, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals

1969 Birthday - Michael Jackson, NFL wide receiver, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens

1969 Birthday - Louis Riddick, NFL safety born in Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons

1969 Birthday - Tommy Vardell, NFL running back, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions

1969 Birthday - [Touchdown] Tommy Vardell, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns

1969 Birthday - Rico Smith, NFL wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns

1969 Birthday - Dan Footman, NFL defensive end, Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts

1968 Event - Baltimore Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game

1968 Birthday - Bob Dahl, NFL guard and tackle for the Cleveland Browns

1968 Birthday - Eric Turner, NFL safety for the Cleveland Browns

1968 Birthday - Leroy Hoard, NFL running back, Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings

1968 Birthday - Anthony Pleasant, NFL defensive end, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons

1968 Birthday - Matt Stover, NFL kicker, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens

1967 Birthday - Frank Hartley, NFL tight end, Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers

1967 Event - Browns' Carl Ward sets club record with a 104-yd kickoff return

1967 Event - Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7

1967 Birthday - Rob Burnett, NFL defensive end, Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens

1967 Birthday - Andre Rison, NFL wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs

1967 Birthday - Stevon Moore, NFL safety, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens

1966 Birthday - Tony Jones, NFL tackle, Cleveland Browns, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32

1966 Birthday - Lorenzo White, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns

1966 Birthday - Tim Goad, NFL defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns

1966 Birthday - Tom Tupa, NFL punter/quarterback, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots

1966 Event - Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game

1965 Birthday - Walter Reeves, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns

1965 Event - Browns' Leroy Kelly sets club record for most punt return yards (109)

1965 Birthday - Brian Kinchen, NFL tight end, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens

1965 Birthday - Eric Moore, NFL tackle for the Cleveland Browns

1964 Event - Cleveland Browns beat Baltimore Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game

1964 Event - Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes

1964 Birthday - Johnny Thomas, NFL cornerback, Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers

1964 Birthday - Pepper Johnson, NFL linebacker, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns

1964 Birthday - Don Griffin, NFL cornerback for the Cleveland Browns

1963 Birthday - Bernie Kosar, NFL quarterback, Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns

1963 Birthday - Vinny Testaverde, NFL quarterback, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens

1963 Birthday - Bennie Thompson, NFLer, Saints, Chiefs, Cleveland Browns/Ravens

1962 Birthday - Earnest Byner, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns

1962 Birthday - Carl Banks, NFL linebacker, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants

1961 Event - Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)

1959 Event - Cleveland Browns' halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Washington 31-17

1959 Event - Jim Brown scores 5 TDs in Cleveland Browns 38-31 win over Balt

1959 Event - Cleveland Browns' Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts

1957 Event - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game

1957 Event - Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yards rushing

1957 Event - Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0

1956 Birthday - Ozzie Newsome, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns

1955 Event - Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating LA 38-14

1955 Event - Cleveland Browns win NFL championship

1954 Event - Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10

1954 Event - Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 80-yard punt

1954 Event - Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3

1953 Event - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game

1953 Event - Jack Dunn III, owner of Baltimore Orioles in International League, turns name over to newly relocated St. Louis Browns

1953 Event - St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc

1953 Event - A Baltimore group purchases St. Louis Browns

1953 Event - Cleveland Browns' quarterback Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles

1953 Event - Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply

1953 Event - Baltimore Mayor D'Alesandro buys Veeck's interest in Browns for $2,475,000

1953 Event - St. Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game

1953 Event - Billy Hunter is last St. Louis Browns player to homer in a game

1953 Event - AL approves St. Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles

1953 Event - Browns end Yankees win streak at 18 and Browns 14-game losing streak

1953 Event - Yankees and Browns use record 41 players in a game

1953 Event - Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St. Louis Browns for $2,475M

1953 Event - AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St. Louis Browns to Baltimore

1953 Event - Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee

1953 Event - New York, Cleveland, and Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing the Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues

1953 Event - Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts)

1952 Event - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game

1952 Event - St. Louis Browns fire manager Rogers Hornsby

1952 Event - St. Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan

1952 Event - Bob Cain of Browns and Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter

1951 Event - 1st coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000) Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game

1951 Event - Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears

1951 Event - Bill Veeck's "Fans Managers' Night," Browns defeat A's 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on

1951 Event - Bill Veeck (Browns) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit

1951 Event - Bill Veeck buys St. Louis Browns from Bill and Charlie DeWitt

1951 Event - St. Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45

1950 Event - Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game

1950 Event - Cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat LA 30-28

1950 Event - Cleveland Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia 13-7)

1950 Event - Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts

1950 Event - Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record

1950 Event - Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7

1950 Event - Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17

1950 Event - Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), New York 6, Cleveland 0

1950 Event - Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)

1950 Event - St. Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Washington Senators

1949 Event - Cleveland Browns beat San Francisco '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game

1949 Event - NFL merges Cleveland Browns, San Francisco '49ers and Baltimore Colts from AAFC

1949 Event - St. Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3

1949 Event - The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Cardinals

1948 Event - Cleveland Browns beats Buffalo Bills 49-7 in AAFC championship game

1947 Event - Cleveland Browns beat New York Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game

1946 Event - Cleveland Browns beat New York Yankees 14-9 in AAFC championship game

1945 Event - Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride

1944 Event - St. Louis Cardinals beat St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2 in 41st World Series

1944 Event - St. Louis Browns win 1st World Series game in their only appearance

1944 Event - St. Louis Browns win their only AL pennant

1944 Event - Browns last in AL attendance,only 6,172 watch them sweep New York Yankees in DH

1944 Event - Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs

1943 Event - Yankees sweep 14th doubleheader of year, beating Browns, 5-1 and 7-6

1941 Event - Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base

1941 Event - After winning 20 straight at Fenway, Lefty Grove loses to Browns

1940 Event - St. Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to home run from each side of plate

1940 Event - 1st night game at St. Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)

1939 Event - In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2

1939 Event - 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2)

1938 Event - Babe Ruth applies for job of St. Louis Browns' manager

1938 Event - Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game

1938 Event - Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by Browns

1938 Event - St. Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx 6 times in a row

1937 Event - Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs St. Louis Browns

1937 Event - Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive home runs against St. Louis Browns

1937 Event - Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St. Louis Browns, 8-0

1936 Event - St. Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes and William O DeWitt

1936 Event - 17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St. Louis Browns

1936 Birthday - Bonnie Brown, rocker, Browns

1936 Event - Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 home runs in 1 inn, Yankees beat Browns 18-4

1936 Birthday - Jim Brown, Georgia, NFL full back for the Cleveland Browns/actor, Dirty Dozen

1935 Birthday - Bobby Mitchell, NFL running back/wide receiver, Browns, Redskins

1934 Birthday - Willie Davis, NFL defensive end, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay

1932 Birthday - Maxine Brown, rocker, Browns

1931 Event - Philadelphia A's Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight

1931 Event - Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run, off George Blaeholder of Browns

1931 Event - Cleveland Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St. Louis Browns, 9-0

1930 Birthday - Dante Lavelli, AAFC/NFL end for the Cleveland Browns

1930 Event - White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St. Louis Browns

1930 Event - New York Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 home runs to beat St. Louis Browns, 7-6

1930 Birthday - Doug Atkins, Humbolt, Tennessee, NFL hall of famer, Browns, Bears, Saints

1927 Event - After losing 21 in a row to NY, the Browns win their last meeting, 6-2

1926 Event - Shortest double header, Yankees lose 6-1 in 72 minutes and lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to Browns. Yankees had already clinched pennant

1926 Event - Yankees take a doubleheader from Browns to clinch AL pennant

1926 Birthday - Len Ford, NFL end, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers

1926 Event - St. Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from New York Yankees

1925 Birthday - Art Modell, owner, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Modells Stores

1925 Birthday - Eddie Gaedel, 3'7" St. Louis Browns pinch-hitter, he walked

1924 Event - Washington Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 innings

1924 Birthday - Lou "The Toe" Groza, AAFC, NFL tackle, kicker for the Cleveland Browns

1922 Event - Browns George Sisler's 41-game hit streak is stopped by New York's Joe Bush

1921 Birthday - Otto Graham, AAFC/NFL quarterback for the Cleveland Browns

1921 Birthday - Bill Willis, AAFC, NFL guard for the Cleveland Browns

1920 Event - Browns 1st baseman George Sisler gets his record 257th hit of season

1920 Birthday - Marion Motley, AAFC, NFL fullback, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh

1919 Event - Yankees 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play

1918 Event - Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against Browns

1917 Event - Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St. Louis Browns, 11-0

1916 Event - Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St. Louis Browns, 4-0

1916 Event - Yankees turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6

1915 Birthday - Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder, St. Louis Browns

1913 Event - St. Louis Browns manager George Stovall is 1st to jump to Federal League

1912 Event - Detroit Tiger George Mullen no-hits St. Louis Browns, 7-0

1911 Event - New York Yankees steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record 6 stolen bases in 1 inning

1911 Event - Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns, 5-0

1911 Event - Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns, 5-0

1910 Event - Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0

1910 Event - Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St. Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0

1910 Event - White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns

1908 Birthday - Paul Brown, born in Norwalk, Ohio, NFL hall of famer, Browns, Bengals

1908 Event - St. Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia Athletics

1908 Event - Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St. Louis Browns for $5,000

1905 Event - Philadelphia A's Rube Waddell no-hits St. Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings

1905 Event - Philadelphia Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St. Louis Browns, 6-0

1901 Event - Milwaukee is dropped from the AL and replaced by St. Louis Browns

1886 Event - St. Louis Browns win World Championship by beating Chicago 4-3 in 10













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