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February 21
Pokanokets and Pilgrims: Conflict and Compromise in the Seventeenth Century, Warren
February 22
Flicks and Fare on Washington Square, Newport
February 22-23
100 Years of Romance, Warwick
February 23
Rhode Island Postcard Club Meeting, North Providence
Johnston Historical Society General Meeting, Johnston
The Rhode Island Bear Story: From Colonial Persecution to Backyard Pest, Narragansett
Valley Talk: French Settlers, Woonsocket
February 26
African-American Travel: Listings from The Negro Motorist's Green Book in Newport, Newport
February 27
"Shall We Shanty?" A Night of Revelry and Song, Cranston
February 29
Newport Seal Tours/Newport Seal and Lighthouse Tours, Newport
More events
February 20th in Rhode Island history*
1726
The Rhode Island-Connecticut border is settled by royal decree, ending the dispute over King's Province in Rhode Island's favor.
1731
An act is passed "for erecting and incorporating the outlands of the town of Providence into three towns," Scituate, Smithfield, and Glocester. Scituate is named for Scituate, Massachusetts. Glocester is said to be named for Frederick Lewis, Duke of Glocester, and son of King George II.
1738
The Colony House [Old State House] at Newport is ordered built.
1902
Wickford National Bank (Charter #1592) is absorbed by the Industrial Trust Company.
1922
Pawtuxet Valley textile workers go on strike and martial law is declared.
1939
Twenty-four people are indicted on charges of fraud in the 1938 general election.
1976
With 5,900 more Rhode Islanders out of work the previous month, the state's unemployment rate leaps to 14.2 percent.
1994
A Tridentine Rite mass is said at the Holy Name Church in Providence. It was the first time a Latin mass had been celebrated publicly in Rhode Island in 25 years.
1995
Fleet Financial Group, founded in Providence 204 years ago, announces that it is buying Shawmut National Corporation and moving its headquarters to Boston, Massachusetts.
2003
At the beginning of a set by '80s rock band Great White, pyrotechnic effects ignite a blaze at the Station nightclub in West Warwick. Within three minutes the building is fully engulfed, resulting in 100 deaths from burns, smoke inhalation, and asphyxiation. It is the deadliest fire in Rhode Island history.
