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