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1598: Donnybrook breaks out over who cheated at card game, leading to murder, and, eventually, crimes against mathematical constants.
1599: Oliver Cromwell born. He will become a military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
1959: Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
1960: The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
2017: Synthetic organism Ultravore consumes two hundred and fifty kilograms of Clandestiphrine with no apparent ill effect.

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+File:Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel Adriaen Brouwer.jpg|link=Donnybrook (nonfiction)|1598: [[Donnybrook (nonfiction)|Donnybrook]] breaks out over who cheated at card game, leading to murder, and, eventually, [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 File:Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper.jpg|link=Oliver Cromwell (nonfiction)|1599: [[Oliver Cromwell (nonfiction)|Oliver Cromwell]] born.  He will become a military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
 File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|1959: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]].  Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."