Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Evelyn Boyd Granville |
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Birthdate | May 01, 1924 |
Birth Place | Washington, DC |
Age (in 2024) | 100 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Mathematician |
Evelyn Boyd Granville is best known as Mathematician who has born on May 01, 1924 in Washington, DC. Currently, Evelyn Boyd Granville is 100 years, 6 months and 1 days old. Evelyn Boyd Granville will celebrate 101st birthday on Thursday, 1st of May 2025. Below the countdown to Evelyn Boyd Granville upcoming birthday.
Known for her work for IBM and the United States Space Technology Laboratories, she was among the first women of African heritage to earn a mathematics Ph.D. from an American university.
After graduating from Washington D.C.'s Dunbar High school as class valedictorian, she received a Bachelor of Science degree from Smith College in Massachusetts. She later earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale University.
A professor as well as a computer programmer and mathematician, she taught at Fisk University, California State University, Los Angeles, and the University of Texas at Tyler.
She was raised in Washington, D.C. by her aunt and mother.
She was a contemporary of Hungarian mathematician Imre Lakatos.
Evelyn Boyd Granville is 100 years old today.
Evelyn Boyd Granville was born on May 01, 1924 in Washington, DC.
Evelyn Boyd Granville zodiac sign is Taurus.
Evelyn Boyd Granville was best known as Mathematician.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Evelyn Boyd Granville's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1961 | The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections. |
1970 | Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign. |
1971 | Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. |
1975 | The Särkänniemi Amusement Park opens in Tampere, Finland. |
1978 | Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. |
1982 | Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War. |
1994 | Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix. |
1999 | The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. |
2003 | Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USSÂ Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended". |
2004 | Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. |
2009 | Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. |
2011 | Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. |
2018 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq-Syria border. |
2019 | Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team. |
2019 | Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period. |
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1992 | The birth of Bradley Roby, American football player |
1993 | The birth of Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, French footballer |
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1994 | The birth of Wallace Oliveira, Brazilian footballer |
1995 | The birth of Collin Seedorf, Dutch footballer |
1996 | The birth of Christopher J. Alexis Jr., Grenadian road cyclist |
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2011 | The death of Henry Cooper, English boxer (b. 1934) |
2011 | The death of Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (b. 1920) |
2012 | The death of James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1925) |
2012 | The death of Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Chris Kelly, American rapper (b. 1978) |
2013 | The death of Pierre Pleimelding, French footballer and manager (b. 1952) |
2014 | The death of Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (b. 1927) |
2014 | The death of Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945) |
2014 | The death of Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1951) |
2015 | The death of Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of MarÃa Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (b. 1930) |
2021 | The death of Olympia Dukakis, American actress (b. 1931) |
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