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September 26
11th Annual Heritage Day, Coventry
42nd Annual Rhode Island Heritage Day Festival, Providence
September 26, 2020
Great Road Day, Saylesville, Lincoln
September 26
6th Annual Ocean State Oyster Festival, Providence
September 27
Rhode Island Postcard Club Meeting, North Providence
Great Rumford Bake Off, Rumford, East Providence
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
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September 26th in Rhode Island history*
1733
Abraham Whipple, Commodore in the Continental Navy, is born in Providence.
1745
The colony sloop Tartar, carrying 400 soldiers, takes part in action against Isle Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island), Canada, which surrenders.
1945
Providence National Bank (Charter #1302) and Blackstone Canal National Bank (Charter #1328) agree to a merger, effective October 10, 1945.
1957
Brown University buys Dexter Asylum from the City of Providence. The Superior Court permitted the sale after ten years of litigation.
1958
Columbia successfully defends the America's Cup in the seventeenth series against Sceptre off Newport.
1961
President John F. Kennedy, with his family, begins his first vacation as President in Newport.
1971
The City of Pawtucket begins a celebration of its Tricentennial with numerous civic and social events, highlighted by the appearance of Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra.
1983
The Australians win the America's Cup in Newport with the yacht Australia II, defeating the United States yacht Liberty, four to three. This brings to an end the longest winning streak in sports history; the United States held the cup for 132 years.
1996
The Providence Journal Company says it will sell its newspaper and TV business to the A.H. Belo Company of Dallas for $1.5 billion.
