On March 23, 2012
A year ago today:
Rhode Island National Guard officials announce the death in Afghanistan of Specialist Dennis P. Weichel Jr., who had lived in Pawtucket and Central Falls, during what the Army described as a security operation in Laghman Province.
On March 23, 2008
5 years ago today:
Stephen E. Cohen, 54, of Inkster, Mich., is found shot to death in his rented car on River Drive near Angell Street in Providence just after 10:30 p.m., according to police reports. The car was still running, and the driver's side window was shattered.
On March 23, 1988
25 years ago today:
A blaze at the Cal Chemical Co. in Coventry touches off a massive explosion and forces the evacuation of residents in 40 houses in the Anthony and Quidnick villages.