Rhode Island - Notable Historical Events
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Rhode Island - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1631-02-05 |
Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England |
1636-07-04 |
City of Providence, Rhode Island form |
1644-03-14 |
England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) |
1652-05-18 |
Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal |
1663-07-08 |
King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island |
1664-03-24 |
Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island |
1675-11-02 |
A combined attack by the Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts during King Philip's War. |
1761-06-10 |
Puritan version of "Othello" opens in Newport Rhode Island |
1774-06-13 |
Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves |
1776-05-04 |
Rhode Island declares independence from Britain |
1776-12-31 |
Rhode Island establishes wage & price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors |
1778-02-28 |
Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves |
1790-05-29 |
Rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying US Constitution |
1798-12-14 |
David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine |
1916-10-07 |
The German submarine U-53 arrives off Newport, Rhode Island, and sinks 9 British merchant ships in international waters |
1932-09-16 |
30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record) |
1942-01-11 |
-23°F (-31°C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record) |
1956-05-26 |
A fire on board the aircraft carrier USS Bennington in Narragansett Bay, off Rhode Island, kills 103 crew |
1975-08-02 |
104°F (40°C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record) |
1978-02-06 |
Snowstorm hits New England, parts of Rhode Island (54" (137cm)) |
1987-11-05 |
Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic |
2003-02-20 |
During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the club ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 300 others. |
2013-05-02 |
Rhode Island becomes the tenth US state to legalize same-sex marriage |
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Rhode Island - Notable Birthdays
Rhode Island - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1586-08-14 |
William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) |
1786-04-15 |
Walter Channing, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, American physician who was the first to use anesthesia during childbirth |
1799-11-03 |
William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (d. 1856) |
1801-09-04 |
Cullen Whipple, Providence Rhode Island, American Inventor (pointed screw machine) |
1830-09-12 |
William Sprague, governor of Rhode Island (1859-63) |
1841-11-06 |
Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (d. 1915) |
1878-07-03 |
George M Cohan, Providence Rhode Island, American father of musical comedy (Phantom President, Give My Regards to Broadway) |
1890-08-20 |
H. P. Lovecraft, Providence, Rhode Island, American horror writer (At the Mountains of Madness, Weird Tales) |
1920-06-04 |
Russell E. Train, Jamestown, Rhode Island, environmentalist/administrator (EPA, WWF), (d. 2012) |
1921-01-18 |
Robert Glaser, Providence, Rhode Island, educational psychologist (National Assessment of Educational Progress), (d. 2012) |
1922-10-22 |
John H Chafee, (Sen-R-Rhode Island, 1976- ) |
1940-07-23 |
Robert Azevedo, Getting Out of Rhode Island |
1942-12-16 |
Donald Carcieri, American politician, governor of Rhode Island |
1948-07-13 |
Ronald K Machtley, (Rep-R-Rhode Island) |
1949-11-12 |
Jack Reed, (Rep-D-Rhode Island) |
1953-03-26 |
Lincoln Chafee, American Senator from Rhode Island |
1965-12-17 |
Craig Berube, Getting Out of Rhode Island |
1971-11-07 |
Lori Sturgill, Getting Out of Rhode Island |
1973-04-12 |
Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island (1997, top 10) |
1975-02-04 |
Elana Eve Chomiszak, Providence RI, Miss America-Rhode Island (1997) |
1976-02-03 |
Karen Bradley, Miss Rhode Island USA (1996) |
1979-07-03 |
Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1997) |
1980-06-24 |
Kelly Dutra, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1996) |
Rhode Island - Notable Weddings
Rhode Island - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1875-12-15 |
Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (41) weds Jeanne-Emilie Baheux Puysieux in Newport, Rhode Island |
1901-10-09 |
Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr (27) weds Abby Aldrich in Warwick Neck, Rhode Island |
1953-09-12 |
Senator John F. Kennedy (36) weds Jacqueline Bouvier (24) in Newport, Rhode Island |
2011-07-15 |
Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy (44) weds Amy Petitgout in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts |
2013-01-19 |
Figure skater five-time world champion Michelle Kwan (32) weds director of strategic planning on the National Security Clay Pell at the First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island |
Rhode Island - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1678-11-01 |
William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601) |
1856-10-19 |
William Sprague III, American politician from Rhode Island (b. 1799) |
2011-02-11 |
Robert Azevedo, Getting Out of Rhode Island |
