1984 baltimore colts

Rather than give up his team, Irsay quickly took a deal offered by the city of Indianapolis and moved the Colts before anyone knew what had happened.

Baltimore fans were stunned, and the Colts marching band, long a fixture at games, defiantly continued to perform in the city. Football did not return to the Charm City until , when Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell , in a dispute with the city of Cleveland over the stadium the Browns played in, agreed to move the Browns to Baltimore in return for a brand-new stadium built with taxpayer money.

Although the Browns had enjoyed many years of success and rabid fan support while in Cleveland, Modell claimed that financial hardship forced his hand. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!

Dwight D. In Spain, the Republican defenders of Madrid raise the white flag over the city, bringing to an end the bloody three-year Spanish Civil War. Born in northern Alabama in , Handy Cooling water, contaminated with radiation, drained from the open valve into adjoining On March 28, , the first American citizen is killed in the eight-month-old European conflict that would become known as the First World War.

Leon Thrasher, a year-old mining engineer and native of Massachusetts, drowned when a German submarine, the U, torpedoed the On March 28, , President Andrew Jackson is censured by Congress for refusing to turn over documents. Jackson was the first president to suffer this formal disapproval from Congress. During his first term, Jackson decided to dismantle the Bank of the United States and find a Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox.

The funeral of Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the namesake of the infamous execution device, takes place outside of Paris, France. Guillotin had what he felt were the purest motives for inventing the guillotine and was deeply distressed at how his reputation had become besmirched Three players were later charged with rape.

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