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April 18-19
Visits with the Easter Bunny, Providence
April 18-20
Fairy Garden Days, Providence
April 19
Murder at the Museum, Newport
Historic Foodways and Hearth Cooking Workshop, Bristol
Lost Villages of Scituate Bus Tours, Hope, Scituate
Walking Tour: Newport Cabinetmakers, Newport
Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch, Newport
April 20
Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch, Newport
April 22
Historic Rhode Island Farms, Saylesville, Lincoln
April 23
April School Vacation Breakfast in the Barnyard, Bristol
More events
April 18th in Rhode Island history
1842
Thomas W. Dorr is elected Governor of Rhode Island under the People's Constitution, and with him an entire state ticket.
Thomas Wilson Dorr, elected the "People's Governor" by the militant Rhode Island Suffrage Association, attempts an unsuccessful takeover of the state arsenal at Providence.
1847
Commodore Matthew Perry captures Tuxpan, Mexico.
1861
The first detachment of Rhode Island volunteers for the Civil War is sent to Washington.
1880
Former governor (1854-1857) William W. Hoppin dies at the age of 73.
1946
The General Assembly adopts the $20 million Soldiers' Bonus Act, to pay $200 to each member of the Armed Services from Rhode Island.
1981
The longest baseball game ever played begins at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket. The International League game between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings began at 8:00 PM and dragged on until 4:09 in the morning, when the game was suspended after 32 innings with a 2-2 score. When the game was resumed on June 23rd, it took Pawtucket only one inning to score, ending the game after 33 innings and eight-and-a-half hours of play.
1989
25 Holsteins wander north on the southbound lanes of Route 295. Police use their cruisers to herd the cattle to the shoulder of the road.
