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1661: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
1661: Mathematician William Oughtred uses Gnomon algorithm functions to extract data from the severed head of Oliver Cromwell.
1736: inventor, engineer, and chemist James Watt born. He will make major improvements to the steam engine.
1884: Inventor Herman Hollerith invents new type of scrying engine which generates images from residual consciousness in the severed head of Oliver Cromwell.
1954: Asclepius Myrmidon discovers unregistered halting problem, predicts new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1975: The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
1976: Comic book artist and crime-fighter Gil Kane publishes illustrated history of math crimes throughout history.

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 File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|[[On Halting Problems|1954: Asclepius Myrmidon discovers unregistered halting problem]], predicts new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 File:USS Monitor sinking.jpg|link=Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (nonfiction)|1975: The [[Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (nonfiction)|Monitor National Marine Sanctuary]] is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
+File:Gil Kane.jpg|link=Gil Kane (nonfiction)|1976: Comic book artist and crime-fighter [[Gil Kane (nonfiction)|Gil Kane]] publishes illustrated history of [[math crimes]] throughout history.
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