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===Declaration of Lunar Ownership=== On April 12, 1966, more than 200 people attended ceremonies at [[Geneva High School (Ohio)|Geneva High School]] at which it was revealed that the city had claimed [[Extraterrestrial real estate|ownership of the moon]].<ref name=moon>{{cite web|author=Press Release|date=April 20, 2004|title=Moon Over Ohio: Residents Claimed Lunar Ownership in 1966|url=http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/4/emw122460.htm |work=eMediaWire|access-date=January 26, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041222151741/http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/4/emw122460.htm |archive-date = December 22, 2004}}</ref> The "Declaration of Lunar Ownership" contained 35 signatures, and was revealed simultaneously with the city's 100th anniversary.<ref name="moon" /> It claimed that the "physical property of the moon shall belong exclusively to the citizens of Geneva, Ohio," and that unfriendly acts upon the city would be responded to with "all human dignity and moral circumspection."<ref name="moon" /> The city claimed the right to rent or lease its moon holdings via a two-thirds vote of the city's entire population, and provided for the sale of 100 deeds for {{convert|100|acre|km2}} of land, each acre priced at $100.<ref name="moon" />
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