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

1996 Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens

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

1995 Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt

1995 Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Balt is signed

1995 Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Balt to move Browns

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

1995 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 Cleveland Browns is 1st team in NFL to score a 2-point conversion

1993 Browns Najee Mustafaa sets club rec for longest interception (97 yds)

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

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

1991 Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1984 Browns set team records for most sacks (11)

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

1984 Browns' Ozzie Newsome sets club records with 14 receptions for 191 yds

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

1983 Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0

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

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

1981 Browns' QB Brian Sipe sets club record by being intercepted 6 times

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1972 Eric Zeier, NFL quarterback for the Cleveland Browns

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

1972 Antonio Langham, NFL cornerback for the Cleveland Browns

1972 Michael Davis, NFL cornerback for the Cleveland Browns

1971 Ernest Hunter, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns

1971 Craig Powell, NFL linebacker for the Cleveland Browns

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

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

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

1971 Rich McKenzie, NFL linebacker for the Cleveland Browns

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

1971 Romeo Bandison, NFL defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns

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

1971 Jed DeVries, NFL tackle for the Cleveland Browns

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

1970 Herman Arvie, NFL tackle for the Cleveland Browns

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

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

1970 Harold Bishop, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns

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

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

1970 Minnesota Vikings beat Cleveland Browns 27-7 in NFC championship game

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

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

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

1969 Dana Hall, NFL safety for the Cleveland Browns

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

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

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

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

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

1969 Rico Smith, NFL wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns

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

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

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

1968 Eric Turner, NFL safety for the Cleveland Browns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1966 Lorenzo White, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns

1966 Tim Goad, NFL defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns

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

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

1965 Walter Reeves, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns

1965 Browns' Leroy Kelly sets club record for most punt return yds (109)

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

1965 Eric Moore, NFL tackle for the Cleveland Browns

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

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

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

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

1964 Don Griffin, NFL cornerback for the Cleveland Browns

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

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

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

1962 Earnest Byner, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns

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

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

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

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

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

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

1957 Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing

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

1956 Ozzie Newsome, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns

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

1955 Cleveland Browns win NFL championship

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

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

1954 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 Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game

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

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

1953 A Baltimore group purchases St. Louis Browns

1953 Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles

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

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

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

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

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

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

1953 Yanks and Browns use record 41 players in a game

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

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

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

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

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

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

1952 St. Louis Browns fire manager Rogers Hornsby

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

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

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

1951 Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears

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

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

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

1951 St. Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1945 Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride

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

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

1944 St. Louis Browns win their only AL pennant

1944 Browns last in AL attendance,only 6,172 watch them sweep Yanks in DH

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

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

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

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

1940 St. Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to HR from each side of plate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1936 Bonnie Brown, rocker, Browns

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

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

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

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

1932 Maxine Brown, rocker, Browns

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

1931 Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR, off George Blaeholder of Browns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1926 Yankees take a doubleheader from Browns to clinch AL pennant

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1921 Otto Graham, AAFC/NFL QB for the Cleveland Browns

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

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

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

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

1918 Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against Browns

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

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

1916 Yanks turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6

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

1913 St. Louis Browns mgr George Stovall is 1st to jump to Federal League

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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