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File:Hilbert_curve.gif|link=Hilbert Curve (nonfiction)|1922: [[Hilbert curve (nonfiction)|Hilbert curve]] prevents [[crime against mathematical constants]]. | File:Hilbert_curve.gif|link=Hilbert Curve (nonfiction)|1922: [[Hilbert curve (nonfiction)|Hilbert curve]] prevents [[crime against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:EBR-I powers four light bulbs.jpg|link=Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|1951: The [[Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|EBR-1]] in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs. | File:EBR-I powers four light bulbs.jpg|link=Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|1951: The [[Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|EBR-1]] in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs. | ||
File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1962: ''[[Brainiac Explains]]'' lecture series denounces [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]] as "irrational." | |||
File:Vuvuzela spectrum.png|link=Vuvuzela of Doom|1996: [[Vuvuzela of Doom]] denied permit to visit [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | File:Vuvuzela spectrum.png|link=Vuvuzela of Doom|1996: [[Vuvuzela of Doom]] denied permit to visit [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | ||
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1494: Mathematician and cartographer Oronce Finé born. He will be imprisoned in 1524, probably for practicing judicial astrology.
1757: Joseph Marie Jacquard has dream which inspires him to study the Gnomon algorithm.
1809: Physicist and academic Antoine César Becquerel uses Gnomon algorithm to generate electricity.
1876: Children reprogram Jacquard loom to compute new family of Gnomon algorithm functions.
1921: Council of algorithms announces plans to fund and build a Museum of Algorithms.
1922: Hilbert curve prevents crime against mathematical constants.
1951: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
1962: Brainiac Explains lecture series denounces judicial astrology as "irrational."
1996: Vuvuzela of Doom denied permit to visit New Minneapolis, Canada.