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January 19-20
11th annual Knitting Weekend and Fiber Art Marketplace , Pawtucket
January 24
Providence Preservation Society Annual Meeting and Preservation Lecture, Providence
Historic Ties Between Rhode Island, Charleston, and the West Indies, Bristol
January 26
Newport Seal and Lighthouse Tours, Newport
January 27
Newport Seal and Lighthouse Tours, Newport
2019 Winter Speaker Series: The Canonchet Farm Linear Park, Narragansett
Valley Talk, Woonsocket
Singin' and Swingin' Sunday!, Lincoln
Johnston Historical Society General Meeting and Open House, Johnston
January 28
Aquidneck Island Trolleys: The Streetcar Era, 1898-1925, Portsmouth
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
Dr. David E. Sweet, president of Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota, is announced as the sixth president of Rhode Island College.
