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File:Robert Fludd.jpg|link=Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|1601: Mathematician [[Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|Robert Fludd]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Robert Fludd.jpg|link=Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|1601: Mathematician [[Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|Robert Fludd]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Rudolph Hell.gif|link=Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|1901: Inventor and engineer [[Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|Rudolf Hell]] born. He will invent the [[Hellschreiber (nonfiction)|Hellschreiber]] teleprinter system. | File:Rudolph Hell.gif|link=Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|1901: Inventor and engineer [[Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|Rudolf Hell]] born. He will invent the [[Hellschreiber (nonfiction)|Hellschreiber]] teleprinter system. | ||
File:Robert Andrews Millikan.jpg|link=Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|1953: Physicist [[Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|Robert Andrews Millikan]] dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect. | |||
File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1956: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges. | File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1956: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges. | ||
File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|1964: ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' spontaneously generates new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|1964: ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' spontaneously generates new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1961: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to forecast [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966 Palomares B-52 crash]] with 99.5% certainty. | File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1961: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to forecast [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966 Palomares B-52 crash]] with 99.5% certainty. | ||
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1601: Mathematician Robert Fludd uses Gnomon algorithm to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
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1901: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell born. He will invent the Hellschreiber teleprinter system.
1953: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
1956: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
1964: Saccharomyces cerevisiae spontaneously generates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1961: Numbered cake algorithm used to forecast 1966 Palomares B-52 crash with 99.5% certainty.
1965: Flock of Carnivorous dirigibles gathers after recovery of Palomares bomb.
2009: John Hoyland's stolen masterpiece Lebanon recovered using Tony Hoare's quicksort routine.
