2003 Fire at the Station rock club in Rhode Island kills nearly 100
1999 John Chafee, senator, Rhode Island senator, dies at 77
1987 Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
1980 Kelly Dutra, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1996
1979 Kim[berly] Rhode, Whittier California, double trap, Olympics gold 1996
1979 Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1997
1978 Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yds and 30")
1976 Karen Bradley, Miss Rhode Island USA 1996
1975 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record)
1975 Elana Eve Chomiszak, born in Providence, Rhode Island, Miss America-Rhode Island 1997
1970 Elizabeth Patricia Reilly, North Providence, Rhode Island, Miss America-RI 1996
1970 Dawn Ponte, born in Kent, Rhode Island, dance skater, & Frey-1995 Eastern, Jr. champ
1970 Kengy Gardiner, born in Providence, Rhode Island, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-5th-1994
1969 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
1968 Ken Ryan, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
1968 Susan Emily Savastano, E Providence, Rhode Island, Miss RI-America 1991
1968 Gianna Amore, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, playmate, August, 1989
1965 Joe Cioe, Cranston, Rhode Island, Canadian Tour golfer, NH Open-1992, 93
1962 Eric Lutes, born in Charlestown, Rhode Island, actor, Del-Caroline in the City
1961 Pat Dufficy, born in Westerly, Rhode Island, female catcher, Colo Silver Bullets
1960 Susan Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock vocalist, Cowsills-We Can Fly
1960 John Caliri, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble
1956 Peter Frechette, Warwick, Rhode Island, actor, Paint it Black, George-Profiler
1956 John Cowsill, born in Newport, Rhode Island, rock drummer, Cowsills-We Can Fly
1954 Barry Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock bassist, Cowsills-We Can Fly
1952 Paul Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock keyboardist, Cowsills-We Can Fly
1952 Harry Anderson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Judge Harry Stone-Night Court
1952 William F Readdy, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, astronaut, STS 42, 51, 79
1950 Richard Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rocker, Cowsills-Hair, We Can Fly
1948 Allen Michael Doyle, born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, PGA golfer, 1991 Memorial-64th
1948 Jeffrey Osborne, born in Providence, Rhode Island, rock vocalist, On the Wings of Love
1948 Bill Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock guitarist/vocals, Cowsills-We Can Fly
1947 Joyce Jillson, Cranston, Rhode Island, psychic/actress, Superchick
1947 1st (U.S. Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island
1947 James Woods, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, actor, Salvador, Against All Odds
1944 Martha Rockwell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, skier, Mount Washington
1942 Bill Conti, born in Providence, Rhode Island, composer, For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV
1942 -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)
1941 Spalding Gray, Rhode Island, actor, Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting
1941 David Blue, [Cohen], born in Providence, Rhode Island, rocker, Cupid's Arrow
1939 Wendy, Walter, Carlos, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, composer, Switched on Bach
1936 Ruth Buzzi, Westerly, Rhode Island, comedienne, Laugh-In, Margie-That Girl
1935 David Hartman, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, TV personality, Good Morning America
1934 J. Carter Brown, Providence Rhode Island, art director, Washington National Gallery
1932 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)
1927 Galway Kinnell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, author, Body Rags, Book of Nightmares
1926 David Hedison, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea
1924 Nicholas Colasanto, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Coach Ernie-Cheers
1917 Ruth Hussey, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actress, Another Thin Man, Philadelphia Story
1916 Van Johnson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Brigadoon, always wore red socks
1915 Bobby Hackett, born in Providence, Rhode Island, trumpeteer/orch leader, Air Time '57
1906 Aileen Riggin, Newport, Rhode Island, springboard diver, Olympics gold 1920, 24
1903 Glenna Collett Vare, born in Rhode Island, National Am Golf champ, 1922, 25, 28-30, 35
1903 Frankie Carle, born in Providence, Rhode Island, orch leader, Golden Touch
1901 Nelson Eddy, born in Providence, Rhode Island, baritone, Duets with Jeanette MacDonald
1899 George Macready, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Martin Peyton-Peyton Place
1894 Eddie Dowling, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, actor, Anywhere USA
1894 Sammy White, Rhode Island, actor, 711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off
1880 League of American Wheelmen (1st U.S. bicycle assn), forms in Newport, Rhode Island
1875 Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie, Rhode Island, hall of fame shortstop, .426 in 1901
1862 U.S. Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island
1830 William Sprague, governor of Rhode Island, 1859-63
1813 David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas
1798 David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine
1790 Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution
1778 Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
1776 Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors
1776 Rhode Island declares independence from England
1774 Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves
1772 Burning of Gaspee, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders
1761 Puritan version of "Othello" opens in Newport Rhode Island
1707 Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island signed Declaration of Independence
1664 Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island
1663 King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1652 Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)
1639 William Coddington founds Newport, Rhode Island
1636 City of Providence, Rhode Island form
1631 Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England
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