Today in History for 16th April 2007

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Historical Events

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- Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, shoots 32 people to death and injures 23 others before committing suicide.

Famous Deaths

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- Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
- G. V. Loganathan, Indian American professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (b. 1954)
- Gaetan Duchesne, Canadian hockey player (b. 1962)
- Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, American instructor of French (b. 1958)
- Kevin Granata, American professor of Engineering (b. 1961)
- Liviu Librescu, American Jewish-Romanian professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics (b. 1930)
- Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer and first Brazilian woman to compete in the Olympic Games (b. 1915)
- Seung-Hui Cho, Korean American murderer (b. 1984), see List of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre

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