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October 30
Gone But Not Forgotten: Victorian Mourning and Funeral Customs, Lincoln
November 1
Gone But Not Forgotten: Victorian Mourning and Funeral Customs, Lincoln
November 5
CANCELLED—Christmas Ornament Workshop, Smithfield
November 7
CANCELLED—Guided Walk on Neutaconkanut Hill, Providence
Who Done It? An Evening of Clues, Warwick
November 8
CANCELLED—Hike Through Hunts Mills, East Providence
November 11
Veteran's Day Ceremony, Tiverton
November 12
Newport Gallery Night, Newport
November 15
Open House Tours, Smithfield
November 19
Providence Gallery Night, Providence
More events
October 29th in Rhode Island history*
1673
The General Assembly orders a jury, half Indian and half white, to try an Indian case.
1684
The General Assembly decides to meet in three colonial capitals—Newport in May, and alternately in Providence and Warwick in the fall.
1774
The Kentish Guards are chartered by the Colonial Assembly as an "elite militia."
1781
In celebration of the American victory at Yorktown, the name of King's County is changed to Washington County.
1806
Burrillville, named for Rhode Island Attorney General James Burrill, Jr., is taken from Glocester and incorporated as a town.
1857
A boiler explodes at Nathan Howard's India Rubber Works in Providence, launching the boiler through the wall of the factory and through the side of a nearby house, finally coming to rest about 300 feet down the street. The Hope Iron Foundry, situated next to the works, on Eddy Street, catches fire, and is only saved by the greatest efforts of the firemen. A number of people are injured, but no fatalities are reported.
1942
The Rhode Island National Guard activates an artillery battery at Camp Varnum in Narragansett this week.
1974
Secretary of State Robert F. Burns announces the completion of the mailing of 532,392 Rhode Island Voter Information Pamphlets, to all registered voters. It's the first time that Rhode Island has informed the voters of questions to appear on the ballot before election day.
