1997 Cleve Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games
1997 Cleve Marquis Grissom hit in his 15th straight World Series game (streak ends at 15, he is 2nd to Hank Baur with 17)
1996 Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city (Cleve), dies
1994 Cleve Cavaliers 1st game at Gund Arena, lose to Hous Rockets, 100-98
1993 Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 27
1993 Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 31
1991 Joe Coleman 3rd 100 RBI season in a row 3 teams (Cleve, SD and Toronto)
1989 NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleve, announce new high-temperature superconductors able to operate at 33 to 37 Gigahertz
1989 Cleve Cavs block 21 New York Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record
1988 Cleve pitcher Doug Jones sets record of 14 consecutive saves
1981 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1980 Cleve Dan Spillner, 545 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles
1980 Cleve Cavaliers beat Los Angeles Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT
1979 Baltimore Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 vs Cleve)
1976 Cleve manager Frank Robinson last game as a player
1976 Cleve Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89)
1975 Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats New York 5-3)
1974 Frank Robinson became 1st Black baseball manager (Cleve Indians)
1974 Frank Robinson becomes baseball's 1st black manager (Cleve Indians)
1973 55th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 277 at Canterbury Cleve
1970 Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106
1970 Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103
1970 Cleve Cavaliers lose by biggest margin-54 pts (Philadelphia 141-87)
1970 Cleve Cavaliers lose to Buffalo Braves in their 1st game 107-92
1968 Reggie Jefferson, Tallahassee, Florida, 1st baseman, Cin, Cleve, Sea, Bos
1968 Washington D.C. Ron Hansen makes unassisted triple play vs Cleve
1966 Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
1964 Wayne Kirby, Williamsburg, Virginia, outfielder, Cleve Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers
1963 Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown)
1962 Janice Lawrence Braxton, WNBA center, Cleve Rockers, Olym-gold-1984
1962 Cleve sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on
1960 Detroit trades mgr Jimmy Dykes for Cleve's mgr Joe Gordon
1955 Tree Rollins, born in Winter Haven, Florida, NBA center, Cleve Cavaliers
1954 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1951 Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71
1946 Cleve Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles and HR but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs
1946 46th U.S. Golf Open: Lloyd Mangrum shoots a 284 at Canterbury GC Cleve
1945 Walt Wesley, NBA star, Cleve Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers
1944 Bobby Womack, Cleve, R&B singer and guitarist, Woman's Got to Have It
1939 White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleve, 5-2 and 7-5
1936 Cleve Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Philadelphia A's)
1935 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1929 Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleve Orch
1929 Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve)
1928 Franklin Cover, Cleve, actor, Tom-The Jeffersons
1925 Al Fann, Cleve, actor, Alvin-He's the Mayor
1925 Paul Newman, Cleve, racer/popcorn mogul/actor, Hud, Hombre, Hustler
1924 Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL, Cleve Indians
1923 Harrison Dillard, Cleve, 100m runner, Oly-4 gold-1948, 52
1920 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleve's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln
1918 Bob Feller, pitcher, Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters
1918 Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to a triple
1916 Philadelphia A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleve, 5-0
1913 Jim Backus, Cleve, actor, Mr Magoo, Thurston Howell III-Gilligan Is
1911 Cleve's League Park hosts 1st unofficial ML All Star game (benefit game for Addie Joss' family). Cleveland Naps lose to All Stars 5-3
1908 Collingwood Elementary (Cleve) burns, kills 173 kids and 2 teachers
1903 In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleve, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game
1902 Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918
1901 Cleve's Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2
1880 1st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleve
1879 Halfdan Cleve, composer
1878 Oscar Apfel, Cleve, actor, Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn
1809 Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
1528 Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies
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