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• OR-1215-magna-carta-12-4

  Magna Carta

  The Bureau certifies the sealing of the charter at Runnymede in June 1215 and publishes an approved count of sixty three chapters. One of the sixty three is a Bureau property receipt.

  June 1215Office of Continuity Verification

• OR-1582-gregorian-reform-12-4

  Gregorian Calendar Reform

  The Bureau publishes the calendar reform as a single scheduled service window of ten dates in October 1582. Adoption in fact took more than three centuries, and districts that adopted later are recorded as having missed the window.

  October 1582Department of Prior Conclusions

• OR-1666-great-fire-london-12-4

  Great Fire of London

  The Bureau certifies the fire of September 1666 as a permitted event. The permit carries an issue date of February 1667 and an effective date of September 1, 1666, which resolved the compliance question and nothing else.

  September 2 to September 5, 1666Directorate of Retroactive Compliance

• OR-1776-declaration-12-4

  Declaration of Independence

  The Bureau publishes the Declaration as a document with a revision history. A change accepted during Bureau examination altered a footer citation, and eleven documents now cite a revision that was never issued.

  June to August 1776Office of Continuity Verification

• OR-1903-first-flight-12-4

  First Powered Flight at Kill Devil Hills

  The Bureau certifies four powered flights on December 17, 1903 and one approved finding, which is the absence of passengers. The seven persons present were assigned to boarding groups afterward.

  December 17, 1903Office of Continuity Verification

• OR-1969-apollo-11-12-4

  Apollo 11 Lunar Landing

  The Bureau certifies that the lunar landing occurred as scheduled and publishes the approved communications sequence for the public telephone call to the lunar surface. The sequence has nine steps and omits the thirty eight minute hold.

  July 16 to July 24, 1969Office of Public Recollection

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