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August 23 is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, recalling the 1791 uprising in Saint-Domingue, and the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism marking the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939; it is also the anniversary of the Baltic Way human chain of 1989.","purpose":"Let an agent handle August 23 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["The twenty-third day of August","Weekday varies by year","Observances vary by place","Julian and Gregorian dates differ by 13 days in this era"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"date","name":"Date","description":"Calendar facts.","layers":[{"id":"weekday","name":"Weekday","description":"Computation.","findings":[{"id":"weekday-finding","name":"Weekday","description":"Weekday.","questions":[{"text":"On which weekday does August 23 fall in this year?","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Is it a leap year?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"calendar","name":"Calendar","description":"Julian or Gregorian.","findings":[{"id":"calendar-finding","name":"Calendar","description":"Calendar system.","questions":[{"text":"Is the Julian or Gregorian calendar meant?","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What is the equivalent date in the other calendar?","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"observances","name":"Observances","description":"Holidays.","layers":[{"id":"holiday","name":"Holiday","description":"Public holiday.","findings":[{"id":"holiday-finding","name":"Holiday","description":"Holiday status.","questions":[{"text":"Is August 23 a public holiday or observance here?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which tradition or law sets it?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"attribution","name":"Attribution","description":"Traditions.","findings":[{"id":"attribution-finding","name":"Attribution","description":"Attributed observances.","questions":[{"text":"Which countries or communities observe something on this date, according to them?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the observance attributed rather than assumed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"Past events.","layers":[{"id":"events","name":"Events","description":"On this day.","findings":[{"id":"events-finding","name":"Events","description":"Historical events.","questions":[{"text":"Which notable events happened on August 23, according to reliable sources?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Are dates given in the same calendar?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"anniversaries","name":"Anniversaries","description":"Recurring.","findings":[{"id":"anniversaries-finding","name":"Anniversaries","description":"Anniversaries.","questions":[{"text":"Which anniversaries fall on this date this year?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which are round numbers?","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"planning","name":"Planning","description":"Scheduling.","layers":[{"id":"countdown","name":"Countdown","description":"Days until.","findings":[{"id":"countdown-finding","name":"Countdown","description":"Countdown.","questions":[{"text":"How many days until the next August 23?","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"From which date?","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"work","name":"Work","description":"Working day.","findings":[{"id":"work-finding","name":"Work","description":"Working day.","questions":[{"text":"Is it a working day for this organisation?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Do deadlines move?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["State August 23's position in the Gregorian year and list its observances with the bodies that set them.","Explain both the slave trade remembrance day and the European remembrance day with their origins."],"mustNot":["Rank or set against each other the victims of the slave trade, Stalinism and Nazism remembered on this date.","Present a regional remembrance day as observed everywhere.","Add on-this-day events without a reliable source.","Use the date to deny or minimise slavery, the Holocaust or Stalinist crimes."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing commemorative content about mass atrocities linked to this date."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["This date commemorates victims of slavery and totalitarian regimes, whose memory deserves accuracy and respect.","Remembrance days are sometimes used for political point-scoring between states."],"affectedParties":["Descendants of enslaved people","Victims of totalitarian regimes and their families"]},"owners":{"steward":"The public: held in common; 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