Template:Selected anniversaries/January 24
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923: Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi uses Gnomon algorithm to communicate with Tony Hoare.
1201: Canterbury scrying engine retrofitted with Gnomon algorithm routines.
1569: Astronomer Tycho Brahe uses Gnomon algorithm functions make improved astronomical observations.
- 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash (nonfiction)
1961: Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
1972: Computer scientist Tony Hoare invents new class of Gnomon algorithm based on quicksort.
1973: Antikythera Team invites computer scientist Tony Hoare to join the team.
2016: John Hoyland's Lebanon is found to be coded diagram of the Antikythera mechanism.