Template:Selected anniversaries/December 19
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1601: Mathematician Robert Fludd uses Gnomon algorithm to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1960: Tony Hoare invents quicksort routine which reduces the effects of crimes against mathematical constants.
1964: Saccharomyces cerevisiae spontaneously generates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1961: Numbered cake algorithm used to forecast 1966 Palomares B-52 crash with 99.5% certainty.
1965: Flock of Carnivorous dirigibles gathers after recovery of Palomares bomb.
2009: John Hoyland's stolen masterpiece Lebanon recovered using Tony Hoare's quicksort routine.
