Hasbro was founded as Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island.
It started as a company to sell textile remnants.
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Englishman wins the first U.S. Open golf tournament.
The first-ever inaugural US National Championship for tennis occurred in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
Ann Franklin became one of the first women newspaper publishers.
Rhode Island became the thirteenth colony to enter the Union after the United States Constitution's ratification.
Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, arrived from England in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to become a minister in a Boston church.