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1569: First recorded lottery in England.
1570: Didacus automaton uses Gnomon algorithm to predict winning lottery numbers.
1711: Inventor and priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão collaborates with Didacus automaton on design of new airship.
1934: Computer scientist Tony Hoare born. He will go on to invent the quicksort algorithm, and make other contributions to computer science.
New class of crimes against mathematical constants targets vulnerable quicksort routines.

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 File:English Lottery 1566 Scroll.jpg|link=Lottery (nonfiction)|1569: First recorded [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery]] in England.
+File:Didacus automaton profile.jpg|link=Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|1570: [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to predict winning [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery numbers]].
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 File:Sir Tony Hoare 2011.jpg|link=Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|1934: Computer scientist [[Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|Tony Hoare]] born.  He will go on to invent the quicksort algorithm, and make other contributions to [[Computer science (nonfiction)|computer science]].
 File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|New class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]] targets vulnerable quicksort routines.
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