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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]].
+||Gerrit Mannoury (d. 30 January 1956) was a Dutch philosopher and mathematician, professor at the University of Amsterdam and communist, known as the central figure in the signific circle, a Dutch counterpart of the Vienna circle.
 ||1958 – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)