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January 25
Colonial Dining Experience, Warren
Flicks and Fare on Washington Square, Newport
January 26
Johnston Historical Society General Meeting, Johnston
Rhode Island Outhouses, Lincoln
Fifty Years of Protecting and Preserving the Narrow River and its Watershed, Narragansett
Valley Talk: RIIFF, Woonsocket
February 1
Guided Walk on Neutaconkanut Hill, Providence
Flicks and Fare on Washington Square, Newport
February 8
Flicks and Fare on Washington Square, Newport
8th Annual Frostbite Bash, Bristol
More events
January 19th in Rhode Island history*
1635
In a move that's sure to win him a ton of friends, Roger Williams suggests the removal of the cross from the British flag.
1898
Brown men's hockey plays Harvard in the first U.S. college hockey game. Brown wins 6-0.
1920
Governor (1991-'94) Bruce Sundlun is born in Providence.
1924
Actor (Family Plot, Raging Bull, "Cheers") and director ("S.W.A.T.," "Starsky and Hutch," "ChiPs," "Logan's Run") Nicholas "Coach" Colasanto is born in Providence.
1977
Rhode Island and Massachusetts police and federal investigators raid a house in Coventry, seizing a cache of stolen hard drugs with an estimated street value of eight million dollars. Also, Dr. David E. Sweet, president of Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota, is announced as the sixth president of Rhode Island College.
