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1872: The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
1871: new class of crimes against mathematical constants exploits uncertainty about the fate of Mary Celeste.
1960: Tony Hoare invents quicksort routine which reduces the effects of crimes against mathematical constants.
1964: Color commentators announce formation of Color Commentator's Union.
1966: George Plimpton embeds himself within Color Commentator's Union as participatory journalist.

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 File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1871: new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]] exploits uncertainty about the fate of ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]''.
 File:Sir Tony Hoare 2011.jpg|link=Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|1960: [[Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|Tony Hoare]] invents quicksort routine which reduces the effects of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
-File:Color commentators.jpg|link=Color commentator (nonfiction)|[[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color commentators]] announce formation of Color Commentator's Union.
+File:Color commentators.jpg|link=Color commentator (nonfiction)|1964: [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color commentators]] announce formation of Color Commentator's Union.
-File:George Plimpton 1993.jpg|link=George Plimpton (nonfiction)|2003: [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] embeds himself within [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color Commentator's Union]] as participatory journalist.
+File:George Plimpton 1993.jpg|link=George Plimpton (nonfiction)|1966: [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] embeds himself within [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color Commentator's Union]] as participatory journalist.
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