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Events Calendar

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May 17

*Changing Fish Populations in Narragansett Bay, Warwick

*Gallery Night, Providence

May 18-19

*Providence Ghost Tour, Providence

May 19

*Fort Adams Opening Day, Newport

*Friends of the Peace Dale Library Book Sale, Peace Dale, South Kingstown

*6th Annual Rhode Island Wool and Fiber Festival, Bristol

May 20

*12th Annual Walk Through Historic Pawtuxet Village, Pawtuxet, Cranston

May 21

*WaterFire—partial lighting, Providence

*Cornerstone Auction Gallery Monthly Antiques Auction, West Warwick

May 24

*Witches, Wenches, and Wild Women of Rhode Island, Riverside, East Providence

*More events

May 16th in Rhode Island history

1639

*"The Plantation now begun at the southwest end of the Island [Aquidneck] shall be called Newport."

1740

*Rhode Island's first naval vessel, the Tartar, is launched. Her commander is Colonel John Cranston. Her original cost is £8,629.

1969

*An act to reorganize the state judicial system is approved by Governor Frank Licht.

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