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February 16-18
100 Years of Romance, Warwick
February 19-20
Newport Seal and Lighthouse Tours, Newport
February 21
Seal Tour of Prudence Island, Bristol
February 21-22
Newport Seal and Lighthouse Tours, Newport
February 23
Mystery at the Museum: Kiss of Death, Newport
16th Annual Providence Preservation Society Winter Bash, Providence
February 23-24
Newport Seal and Lighthouse Tours, Newport
February 24
Valley Talk: Screening of "When the Reds Ruled the Roost", Woonsocket
2019 Winter Speaker Series: The History of Shadow Farm, Narragansett
Rhode Island Postcard Club meeting, North Providence
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February 18th in Rhode Island history*
1723
Qualification for freemen of the towns is restricted to freeholders of lands to the value of £100 or forty shillings per annum, or the eldest son of such a freeholder. Freemen of towns are permitted to vote for Deputies (Representatives).
1792
Jeweler and silversmith Jabez Gorham is born in Providence.
1815
Peace is declared in the war with England.
1865
National Niantic Bank (formerly the Niantic Bank of Westerly) is organized and granted federal charter #823.
1888
Big night for fires in Providence: The Theatre Comique on Weybosset Street is gutted at a loss of $100,000, and The Daniels and Cornell Building on Custom House Street is destroyed at a loss of $175,000.
1976
Joseph Nelson Goucher (aka Eddie Dowling), writer, actor, stage producer (Rainbow Man, Honeymoon Lane, "Anywhere U.S.A."), dies in Smithfield. The Eddie Dowling Highway in North Smithfield is named for him.
1986
For the first time since 1979 the price of regular gasoline falls below one dollar at some Rhode Island stations.
