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1796-07-22 - Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleveland
1843-06-01 - It snows in Buffalo & Rochester NY & Cleveland Ohio
1848-09-06 - National Black Convention meets (Cleveland)
1854-08-24 - National emigration convention meets in Cleveland
1869-06-02 - Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cin Red Stockings)
1869-11-24 - American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)
1874-11-18 - National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland
1877-10-09 - American Humane Association organizes (Cleveland)
1878-11-01 - Edward Scripps & John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press)
1879-05-30 - 92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
1880-06-12 - John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0
1883-05-24 - Brooklyn Bridge opened by Pres Arthur & Gov Cleveland
1883-09-13 - Cleveland Hugh Daily no-hits Phila 1-0
1883-09-13 - Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Phila
1884-11-04 - Grover Cleveland (D) beats James G Blaine (R) for 1st pres term
1885-03-04 - Grover Cleveland inaugrated as 1st Democratic pres since Civil War
1886-02-09 - Pres Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence
1886-06-02 - Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)
1886-10-28 - Statue of Liberty dedicated by Pres Grover Cleveland, it is celebrated by 1st confetti (ticker tape) parade in NYC
1888-06-05 - Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president
1888-11-06 - Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats Pres Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes
1889-02-22 - Pres Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana & Washington state
1891-05-01 - Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3
1892-11-08 - Grover Cleveland (D) elected president
1893-01-04 - US pres Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy
1893-03-04 - Grover Cleveland (D) inaugrated as 24th US president (2nd term)
1893-04-05 - Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)
1893-04-26 - 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms
1894-07-06 - Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike
1897-03-09 - Cleveland Spiders sign Louis Sockalexis, full-blooded Penobscot
1900-03-08 - NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
1901-04-28 - Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1
1902-04-25 - Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game
1902-06-30 - Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive HRs in same inning
1903-03-10 - Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine
1903-09-17 - Boston Pilgrims clinch AL pennant, beating Cleveland, 14-3
1904-07-19 - Cleveland Nap's Neal Ball makes 1st unassisted triple play
1905-09-20 - Cleveland makes AL record 7 errors in an inning
1906-07-28 - Yankees turn triple-play, beat Cleveland 6-4
1907-08-07 - Walter Johnson wins 1st of his 416 wins, 7-2 over Cleveland
1908-09-24 - Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1
1909-02-18 - Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps
1909-06-07 - Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens
1909-07-19 - Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball executes an unassisted triple play
1910-03-24 - 83°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March
1911-07-24 - 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
1913-03-15 - Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court
1913-09-10 - Cleveland Call & Post forms
1914-08-05 - 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave & E 105th St, Cleveland)
1914-09-27 - Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
1916-06-06 - Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage
1916-07-25 - Explosion at Lake Erie & Cleveland Waterworks
1916-10-02 - Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 16th shutout of year
1917-07-23 - Cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes
1917-07-30 - Board of Commissioners of Cleveland Metroparks has its 1st meeting
1917-09-03 - Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
1918-04-18 - Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play
1918-05-19 - Wash 1st Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings
1918-05-24 - Cleveland beats Yankees 3-2 in 19 inning
1919-04-07 - 1st parcel of land is purchased for Cleveland Metroparks
1919-08-24 - Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning
1920-10-13 - World Series celebration in Wade Park brings out 50,000+ Clevelanders
1921-05-05 - 1st ranger for Cleveland Metroparks hired
1921-07-29 - Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, 54, pitches 2 inn
1922-02-21 - WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions
1923-05-17 - Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC)
1924-01-29 - Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
1924-06-10 - 1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland
1924-09-20 - Cub's Grover Cleveland Alexander beats NY Giants to win 300th game
1925-04-24 - 88°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April
1925-06-15 - Phila A's go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15
1928-11-06 - Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds
1929-05-09 - WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions
1930-01-26 - Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories)
1930-06-03 - Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies
1930-06-24 - Ground is broken for construction of Cleveland Stadium
1930-07-25 - Phila Athletics triple steal in 1st & 4th innings vs Cleveland
1931-07-01 - Cleveland Municipal Stadium is completed
1931-07-04 - 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium
1931-07-04 - 1st trailside museum opens in Cleveland Metroparks
1931-09-15 - Phila A's clinch pennant, beating Cleveland
1932-02-11 - 73°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February
1932-05-16 - Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston
1932-06-23 - Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a NY uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland)
1933-06-09 - Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager
1933-08-27 - Earl Averill becomes 2nd Cleveland ballplayer to hit for cycle Moody defaults in 3rd set, trailing 3-0
1933-11-30 - CCC Camps are established in Cleveland Park District
1934-07-17 - Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland
1934-12-11 - 1935 All-Star Game is assigned to Cleveland
1935-02-13 - 1st US surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland
1935-08-26 - CCC camp opens in Brecksville Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks
1938-04-18 - Headless Mad Butcher victim found in Cleveland
1938-12-14 - AL permits Cleveland & Philadelphia to play night games
1939-12-07 - William Walton's violinist concert premieres in Cleveland
1941-07-17 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland
1941-07-27 - 103°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July
1942-09-29 - 32°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept
1944-10-20 - Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless
1945-08-24 - Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from Navy & strike out 12
1946-04-13 - Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama
Famous Birthdays
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1754-01-29 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland (d. 1806)
1874-01-29 - John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist
1896-09-27 - George Bender, Cleveland, (Rep/Sen-R-Oh)
1900-11-21 - Alice Calhoun, Cleveland OH, Silent film actress (Flowing Gold)
1902-12-09 - Margaret Hamilton, Cleveland Ohio, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz)
1903-03-05 - Lowell Peters, Cleveland Tn, vocalist (Southernaires)
1906-07-08 - Philip Johnson, Cleveland Ohio, Cortalyou architect
1908-11-19 - Alan Baxter, East Cleveland OH, actor (Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches)
1911-02-14 - Florence Rice, Cleveland OH, actress (Double Wedding, Riding on Air)
1914-07-02 - Frederick Fennell, Cleveland Ohio, conductor (Time & Winds)
1915-08-21 - Jack Weston, [Morris Weinstein], Cleveland, actor (4 Seasons, Rad)
1915-12-13 - Mark Stevens, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Big Town, Martin Kane)
1917-09-02 - Cleveland Amory, Nahant Mass, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)
1917-09-13 - Robert Eugene Ward, Cleveland Ohio, composer (Pantaloon)
1920-02-16 - Lee Russell, Cleveland Oh, vocalist (Vincent Lopez)
1923-11-09 - Dorothy Dandridge, Cleveland OH, actress/singer/dancer (Porgy & Bess)
1924-04-16 - Henry Mancini, Cleveland, composer/conductor (Pink Panther)
1925-02-17 - Hal Holbrook, Cleveland, actor (All the President's Men, Mark Twain)
1926-05-06 - [Martin] Ross Hunter, Cleveland OH, actor (Ever Since Paris)
1927-06-21 - Carl Burton Stokes, Cleveland, (Mayor-Cleve)/TV newscaster
1928-03-25 - James A Lovell Jr, Cleveland Oh, USN/astr (Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13)
1929-07-18 - "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You)
1930-02-15 - C F Payne, Cleveland, British chief constable
1932-12-23 - Revjames Cleveland, rocker
1934-09-27 - Greg Morris, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Mission Impossible, Vega$)
1935-07-23 - Cleveland Dunkin, rocker (Penguins)
1936-05-30 - Keir Dullea, Cleveland OH, actor (2001, 2010, David & Lisa)
1939-08-02 - Wes Craven, Cleveland OH, director (Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream)
1943-02-23 - Bobby Wayne Mitchell, Chatham VA, PGA golfer (1971 Cleveland Open)
1945-12-19 - Elaine Joyce, Cleveland Ohio, actress (City of Angels, Mr Merlin)
1948-03-25 - Michael Stanley, Cleveland OH, rocker (Michael Stanley Band)
1949-08-11 - Eric Carmen, Cleveland Ohio, rocker (All by Myself)
1952-06-18 - Carol Kane, Cleveland Ohio, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi)
1954-09-30 - Calvin Levels, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Knightwatch)
1956-02-19 - George David Low, Cleveland Ohio, astronaut (STS 32, STS 43)
1956-04-15 - Gregory J Harbaugh, Cleveland Ohio, astronaut (STS 39, 54, 71, 82)
1959-12-25 - Missy Cleveland, Jackson Miss, playmate (April, 1979)
1960-02-02 - Lee Chill, Cleveland Ohio, Canadian Tour golfer (1977 Ohio Jr)
1961-12-20 - Bonnie Marino, Cleveland Oh, playmate (Jun, 1990)
1962-08-24 - Mary Ellen Weber, Cleveland Ohio, PhD/astronaut (STS 70)
1963-08-05 - James Wilder, Cleveland OH, actor (Scorchers, Zombie High, Murder 1)
1963-10-28 - Lisa Bettio, Cleveland, WPVA volleyballer (Ft Myers Beach-17th-1992)
1964-03-30 - Dave Ellett, Cleveland, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1965-01-22 - Steven Adler, Cleveland Ohio, drummer (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child)
1966-06-22 - Camille Benjamin, Cleveland Ohio, tennis star
1966-10-26 - David Miley, Milwaukee WI, Nike golfer (1992 Cleveland Open)
1966-11-23 - Jerry Kelly, Madison WI, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Cleveland Open-2nd)
1967-08-07 - Jason Grimsley, Cleveland TX, pitcher (California Angels)
1967-12-18 - Charles Christopher Rymer, Cleveland TN, PGA golfer (1995 Shell-3rd)
1967-12-29 - Kevin Toth, Cleveland Ohio, shot putter
1968-01-04 - Mike Wilpolt, Head Coach of the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League
1968-06-08 - Dave Mlicki, Cleveland Ohio, pitcher (NY Mets)
1969-03-21 - Jennifer Lyn Jackson, Cleveland Ohio, playmate (April, 1989)
1969-06-27 - Mark Telerico, Cleveland Ohio, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 S Florida)
1969-08-05 - Halle Cioffi, Cleveland OH, tennis star
1970-07-20 - Tom Sherrer, Syracuse NY, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Cleveland Open-2nd)
1970-12-19 - Jon Cleveland, Fresno CA, Canadian 100m/200m swimmer (Oly-br-92, 96)
1972-03-14 - Aris Brimanis, Cleveland, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
1972-07-10 - Damon Sharpe, Cleveland Ohio, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)
1972-08-24 - Ian Moran, Cleveland Ohio, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994, Pitts)
1991-06-10 - James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot, son of Gates McFaden (Star Trek NG)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
1806-11-16 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
1970-07-30 - George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73
1981-10-29 - William O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85
