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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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+||1606 – Everard Digby, English criminal (b. 1578)
+||1606 – John Grant, English conspirator (b. 1570)
+||1606 – Robert Wintour, English conspirator (b. 1565)
 File:Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper.jpg|link=Oliver Cromwell (nonfiction)|1661: [[Oliver Cromwell (nonfiction)|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.
 File:William Oughtred.jpg|link=William Oughtred (nonfiction)|1661: Mathematician [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to extract data from the severed head of [[Oliver Cromwell (nonfiction)|Oliver Cromwell]].
 File:James Watt.jpg|link=James Watt (nonfiction)|1736: inventor, engineer, and chemist [[James Watt (nonfiction)|James Watt]] born. He will make major improvements to the steam engine.
+||1826 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
+||1835 – In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.
+||Sears Cook Walker (d. January 30, 1853) was an American astronomer.
+||1862 – The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
 File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1884: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]] which generates images from residual consciousness in the severed head of [[Oliver Cromwell (nonfiction)|Oliver Cromwell]].
+||1899 – Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
+||1911 – The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
+||1912 – Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic (d. 1988)
+||1925 – Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (d. 2013)
+||1928 – Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
+||1945 – Meir Dagan, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002–11) (d. 2016)
+||1948 – Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.
+||1948 – Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)
+||1951 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
+||1956 – African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
 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]].
+||1958 – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
+||1968 – Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
+||1969 – The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
 File:USS Monitor sinking.jpg|link=Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (nonfiction)|1975: The [[Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (nonfiction)|Monitor National Marine Sanctuary]] is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
 File:Gil Kane.jpg|link=Gil Kane (nonfiction)|1976: Comic book artist and crime-fighter [[Gil Kane (nonfiction)|Gil Kane]] publishes illustrated history of [[math crimes]] throughout history.
+||1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
+||1991 – John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
+||2013 – Naro-1 becomes the first carrier rocket launched by South Korea.
+||2015 – Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (b. 1923)
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