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October 20
Hauntings of Linden Place Guided Tour, Bristol
October 21
Providence Gallery Night, Providence
Bristol Tales of the Slave Trade Walking Tour, Bristol
October 22-23
Night at the Haunted Museum, Providence
October 23
Federal Hill Culinary and History Tour, Providence
Gone But Not Forgotten: Victorian Mourning Exhibit and Tour, Saylesville, Lincoln
October 23-24
H.P. Lovecraft Walking Tour and Film Screening, Providence
October 24
Gone But Not Forgotten: Victorian Mourning Exhibit and Tour, Saylesville, Lincoln
October 26
Newport: The City as a Work of Art, Newport
October 27
Hauntings of Linden Place Guided Tour, Bristol
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October 20th in Rhode Island history*
1762
Providence's first printing press, and its first newspaper, the Providence Gazette and Country Journal, are established by William Goddard.
1819
The Providence Institution for Savings is incorporated.
1841
Blacksmith George Fayerweather II, a former slave, dies in Kingston.
1960
The $20 million Project Turnkey, the first fully mechanized post office in the United States, is dedicated in Providence.
1973
Providence Civic Center director Harold Copeland is indicted by a Rhode Island grand jury for soliciting a bribe from promoter Robert "Skip" Chernov. Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, Jr., is the prosecutor.
1984
Old Stone Bank merges into the Rhode Island Federal Savings and Loan Association, Providence
