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1616: Mathematician and cryptographer John Wallis born. He will serve as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court.
1872: The ship Mary Celeste attacked by in mid-ocean by supervillain Neptune Slaughter.
1873: Scrimshaw abuse exacerbated by unexplained loss of Mary Celeste.
1910: Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
1924: Mathematician and computer scientist John Backus born. He will invent the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation to define formal language syntax.
1965: Mathematician Edward Lorenz uses scrying engine to discover new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
1979: Cast of Alien launches Kickstarter campaign to fund movie about Mary Celeste.
2016: John Hoyland's Lebanon stolen by supervillain Gnotilus; painting may hold key to disappearance of Mary Celeste.
2019: Cantor Parabola joins Antikythera Team board of directors.

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+File:John Wallis by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|link=John Wallis (nonfiction)|1616: Mathematician and cryptographer [[John Wallis (nonfiction)|John Wallis]] born. He will serve as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court.
 File:Mary Celeste map.jpg|link=Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|1872: The ship ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]'' attacked by in mid-ocean by supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]].
 File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1873: [[Scrimshaw abuse]] exacerbated by unexplained loss of ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]''.