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1991 Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs)
1986 Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yards 1978 Snowstorm hits New England, parts of RI (54" (137cm)) 1967 WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 WTEV (now WLNE) TV channel 6 in Providence RI begins broadcasting 1960 1st fully mechanized post office opened, Providence, RI 1956 Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103 1955 WPRI TV channel 12 in Providence, RI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1949 WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1941 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:30:38 1940 Nong Duc Manh, born in Na Ri District, Bac Kan province, Vietnam, Vietnamese Politician 1939 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.8 1938 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:35:34.8 1936 40th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:33:40.8 1933 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:31:01.6 1931 14th PGA Championship: Tom Creavy at Wannamoisett CC Rumford RI 1906 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI 1896 1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI 1895 Horace Rawlins wins 1st U.S. Open golf tournament (Newport RI) 1889 1st American International pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI) 1884 Naval War College forms in Newport RI 1881 1st U.S. men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI) 1835 1st U.S. mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI) 1790 1st successful U.S. cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI) 1772 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI 1763 Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing U.S. synagogue) 1762 1st female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury 1662 1st American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI) 1641 General court declares RI a democracy and adopts new constitution |
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