American engineer and academic (died 2007)

Kevin Granata

Kevin P. Granata was an American professor in multiple departments including the Departments of Engineering, Science and Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Granata held an additional academic appointment as a professor in the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and was an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. During the Virginia Tech shooting, he shepherded students into his office in order to safeguard them.

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1961

December 29

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What else happened on this day, through history

1170 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.
1503 The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.
1607 According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.
1778 American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell defeat American forces under Major General Robert Howe and capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia.

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The world in 1961

When Kevin arrived

april 11 The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
april 12 Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1.
april 16 In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
april 17 Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

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Albert Pike 1809–1891 American lawyer and general (born 1809) Andrew Johnson 1808–1875 American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (died 1875) Besnik Hasi 1971– Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player Josh Harris 1964– American investor and sports team owner Juliana Huxtable 1987– American artist Klaus Fuchs 1911–1988 German physicist and spy (died 1988) Lilly Wachowski 1967– American director, screenwriter and producer Rina Ikoma 1995– Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48) Venustiano Carranza 1859–1920 Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (died 1920)

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Alain Vigneault 1961– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Ann Coulter 1961– American political commentator and author Artur Ekert 1961– Polish-British physicist and academic Ben Summerskill 1961– English businessman and journalist Cam Cameron 1961– American football player and coach Carl Lewis 1961– American long jumper and runner Christian Okoye 1961– American football player Cindy Herron 1961– American singer-songwriter and actress David Armstrong-Jones 1961– 2nd Earl of Snowdon, English businessman

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