Hasbro was founded as Hassenfeld Brothers in Providence, Rhode Island.
It started as a company to sell textile remnants.
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Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, arrived from England in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to become a minister in a Boston church.
The Station nightclub in Rhode Island burned down, killing 100 people.
Englishman wins the first U.S. Open golf tournament.
Hurricane Carol hit Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Ann Franklin became one of the first women newspaper publishers.