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September 30
CANCELLED—Johnston Historical Society General Meeting, Johnston
October 2-4
35th Annual Cranston Greek Festival, Cranston
October 3
Fairlawn Neighborhood Walking Tour, Pawtucket
CANCELLED—Guided Walk on Neutaconkanut Hill, Providence
56th Annual Yankee Steam-Up, East Greenwich
October 3-4
46th Annual Harvest Fair, Middletown
October 4
Origin of Westerly Street Names, Westerly
25th Anniversary Neighborhoods of Newport House Tour, Newport
October 6
An Evening with Ray Wolf, Wickford, North Kingstown
October 8
Newport Gallery Night, Newport
More events
September 29th in Rhode Island history*
1780
General Nathanael Greene is appointed President of the Board to try Major John André, Benedict Arnold's confederate.
1883
The Woonsocket hotel, owned by Cook, Mason and Company, is damaged to the amount of $10,000 by fire from a defective flue this morning. No guests are injured.
1890
Celebration of the Cotton Centenary (the one hundred-year anniversary of the establishment of Slater Mill) begins in Pawtucket.
1948
41,711 Democratic electors cast votes in Rhode Island's first primary.
1961
Industrial National Bank of Providence changes its name to Industrial National Bank of Rhode Island.
1966
Melvin Berry, Max Sugarman, and Joseph Paolino Sr. buy Crescent Park Amusement Park for $750,000.
1970
Governor Licht calls the General Assembly into a special one-day session to enact a bill providing extra weeks of benefits to unemployed Rhode Island workers who have exhausted regular jobless compensation.
