2013 Event In Bolivar, Venezuela, the country's government opens a granite processing plant, estimating it will provide 25% of the nation's granite requirements 2010 Event Egypt announces the discovery of a granite head from a statue of Tutankhamun's grandfather, Amenhotep III, buried at a temple in Luxor 1959 Birthday Scott D Vangen, Granite Falls, Minnesota, astronaut 1832 Event 1st railroad accident in U.S., Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies 1826 Event Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in U.S.) begins operations 1826 Event 1st U.S. Railroad chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Massachsetts
