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document.write("1858:  joint presentation by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace at the Linnean Society of London of \"On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection\"");
}
else if(date==2&&month==6)
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document.write("On this day in 1865, on an old Quaker burial ground on Mile End Waste in Whitechapel, William Booth led the first meeting of what became The Salvation Army.");
}
else if(date==3&&month==6)
{
document.write("On this date in 2000, London's first directly-elected mayor, Ken Livingstone, made his inaugural speech.  Among other things, he spoke in favour of the congestion charge, which was introduced in February 2003.");
}
else if(date==4&&month==6)
{
document.write("On this day in 1954, members of the London Housewives\' Association held a special ceremony in London's Trafalgar Square to mark Derationing Day.  After 14 years, restrictions on the sale and purchase of meat and bacon were lifted.");
}
else if(date==5&&month==6)
{
document.write("The last day of London\'s trams was 5th July 1952, though the final tram arrived at New Cross depot in the early hours of the 6th, its journey time having been extended by almost three hours by crowds of cheering Londoners.");
}
else if(date==6&&month==6)
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document.write("On this day in 2005, the International Olympic Committee announced that the 2012 Olympic Games would be held in London.  London beat the favourite Paris by 54 votes to 50 at the IOC meeting in Singapore.");
}
else if(date==7&&month==6)
{
document.write("On July 7th 2005, a series of bomb attacks on London\'s transport network killed more than 30 people and injured about 700 others.  Three explosions on the Underground left 35 dead and two died in a blast on a double decker bus.");
}
else if(date==8&&month==6)
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document.write("On this day in 1965, Great Train Robber Ronald Biggs escaped from Wandsworth Prison after 15 months of a 30-year sentence.  He remained on the run for nearly 40 years.");
}
else if(date==9&&month==6)
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document.write("On this day in 1982, Michael Fagan scaled the walls of Buckingham Palace and spent ten minutes talking to The Queen in her private apartments.  In September he was acquitted of stealing wine from Buckingham Palace.");
}
else if(date==10&&month==6)
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document.write("10th July 1940 is the date widely regarded as the start of the Battle of Britain.  Intended to prepare the way for a German invasion of Britain (\“Operation Sea Lion\”), the German air attacks were initially focused on British shipping.");
}
else if(date==11&&month==6)
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document.write("On this day in 1859, Big Ben, the Great Bell of the Houses of Parliament clock tower, was first heard.  The clock had been started on 31st May.");
}
else if(date==12&&month==6)
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document.write("On 12 July 1962 the Rolling Stones played their first formal gig at the Marquee Club, Oxford Street.");
}
else if(date==13&&month==6)
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document.write("On this date in 1985, the first Live Aid concert took place at Wembley Stadium, with a transatlantic hook-up to Philadephia.  The event raised £40m. ");
}
else if(date==14&&month==6)
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document.write("On this date in 1955, at 4.10pm, lightning struck at Ascot racecourse, killing two people and injuring 42.");
}
else if(date==15&&month==6)
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document.write("On this day in 1662, The Royal Society was granted its First Charter by King Charles II.  Today it is the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. ");
}
else if(date==16&&month==6)
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document.write("On this day in 1951, Len Hutton (later Sir Leonard) scored his 100th 100, at The Oval, for Yorkshire against Surrey.");
}
else if(date==17&&month==6)
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document.write("Satirical magazine Punch was founded on 17 July 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells. It was jointly edited by Mayhew and Mark Lemon. Initially it was subtitled <em>The London Charivari</em>.");
}
else if(date==18&&month==6)
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document.write("On this date in 1536 Parliament passed the <em>Act against the Pope\'s Authority</em> which removed the last part of papal authority in England still legal. This was the power to decide disputes concerning Scripture.");
}
else if(date==19&&month==6)
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document.write("On this date in 1553, 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey was deposed as England's Queen after 9 days in favour of Mary Tudor.  Lady Jane Grey was beheaded in February 1554.");
}
else if(date==20&&month==6)
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document.write("On this day in 1982, 8 soldiers on ceremonial duty were killed in two IRA bomb blasts in Hyde Park and Regent\'s Park.");
}
else if(date==21&&month==6)
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document.write("The first day of Test Match cricket at Lord's cricket ground was on this day in 1884.  England played Australia, and won by an innings and 5 runs.");
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else if(date==22&&month==6)
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document.write("On this day in 1946, more than a year after the end of World War Two, bread was rationed in Britain, having escaped rationing throughout the war. The shortage was blamed upon a poor harvest and drought.");
}
else if(date==23&&month==6)
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document.write("On this date in 1986, thousands lined the streets of London and a worldwide TV audience of 500 million tuned in to watch the marriage of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.");
}
else if(date==24&&month==6)
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document.write("On this date in 1967, 64 prominent people of the day, including The Beatles, called for legalisation of marijuana in a full-page advertisement in The Times newspaper.");
}
else if(date==25&&month==6)
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document.write("The first commercial use of an electric telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on 25 July 1837, between Euston and Camden Town in London.  Curiously, the first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast was on the same date, 83 years later.");
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else if(date==26&&month==6)
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document.write("On this date in 1945, Britain's wartime PM Winston Churchill was discarded by the electorate, which swept Labour's Clement Attlee to power.  He returned as PM in 1951, aged 77.");
}
else if(date==27&&month==6)
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document.write("The Opening Ceremony for London's 2012 Olympics will be on Friday 27th July 2012.");
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else if(date==28&&month==6)
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document.write("A busy day for King Henry VIII.  On this date, in 1540, Thomas Cromwell was executed at his orders on charges of treason. Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.");
}
else if(date==29&&month==6)
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document.write("This was the date, in 1981, when the world watched the fairlytale wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.  They were married by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Robert Runcie at St Paul\'s Cathedral.");
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else if(date==30&&month==6)
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document.write("On this day in 1966, England won football\'s World Cup, the Jules Rimet Trophy, at Wembley Stadium after beating Germany 4-2 in extra time. Things have never been the same since...");
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else if(date==31&&month==6)
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document.write("On this day in 1703, author, journalist and pamphleteer Daniel Defoe was put in the pillory at Charing Cross as punishment for seditious libel.  It is said that a sympathetic public pelted him with flowers, rather than rocks.");
}
else if(date==1&&month==7)
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document.write("Official opening of a new London Bridge on 1 August 1831; King William IV and Queen Adelaide attended a banquet in a pavilion erected on the bridge.  Eleven years earlier, this had also been the date of completion of The Regent\'s Canal.");
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else if(date==2&&month==7)
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document.write("The second Blackwall Tunnel, linking the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Greenwich, was opened on this day in 1967.  The Tower Subway, sometimes cited as the world\'s first underground tube railway, was opened on the same date in 1870;  its cable railway service was short lived, but it became a popular means of crossing the river until Tower Bridge was opened in 1894.");
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else if(date==3&&month==7)
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document.write("On this date in 1926, London gained its first set of electric traffic lights, at Piccadilly Circus.");
}
else if(date==4&&month==7)
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document.write("August 4th, 2000 was the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.  More than 40,000 well-wishers gathered in the Mall to watch the Queen Mother and her two daughters step onto the balcony of Buckingham Palace. They were soon joined by the rest of the Royal Family.  <br/>On the Queen Mother\'s second birthday, in 1902, the Greenwich foot tunnel under the Thames was opened. ");
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else if(date==5&&month==7)
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document.write("On this date in 1100, Henry I was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey.  This followed the death of his brother William II, killed by an arrow in a hunting accident in the New Forest.  Both were sons of King William I \"The Conqueror\".");
}
else if(date==6&&month==7)
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document.write("On this day in 1889. The Savoy Hotel opened its doors for the first time.  Built by impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte, it has remained one of London's flagship hotels ever since, though closed for refurbishment from 2007 to 2010.");
}
else if(date==7&&month==7)
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document.write("On this date in 1993, Buckingham Palace opened for the first time to the public.  Built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1703, it was acquired by George III as a private residence for Queen Charlotte. Enlarged during the 19th century, principally by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, it became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.");
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else if(date==8&&month==7)
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document.write("8th August 1963 was the date of the infamous Great Train Robbery.  £2.6m (now worth around £40m) was stolen from the Glasgow to London mail train, which had been held up at Ledburn, in Buckinghamshire.  The bulk of the stolen money was never recovered.");
}
else if(date==9&&month==7)
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document.write("On 9th August 1870, the Married Women's Property Act was passed, allowing married women to be the rightful owners of the money they earned and to inherit property.  Previously, any such property automatically became the property of her husband.  <br/>Also, on this date in 1979, Brighton opened Britain's first nudist beach.");
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else if(date==10&&month==7)
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document.write("On 10th August 1675, The Royal Observatory at Greenwich was founded;  it was commissioned by King Charles II.  <br/>On the same date in 1895, the first of the series of Promenade Concerts (\"The Proms\") was held at Queen\'s Hall, Langham Place.  <br/>The hottest day ever in England fell on this date in 2003, with 101F, 38.5C, being recorded.");
}
else if(date==11&&month==7)
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document.write("The first race at Ascot Racecourse was held on this date in 1711.  Founded by Queen Anne, the racecourse has enjoyed Royal patronage ever since.");
}
else if(date==12&&month==7)
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document.write("The grouse shooting season opens every year on August 12th, and continues until December 10th on mainland Britain.  Regarded as a great tradition, it is also has a practical purpose:  open and closed shooting seasons exist to protect bird and animal populations falling into jeopardy through over hunting.");
}
else if(date==13&&month==7)
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document.write("The last executions in the UK took place on this date in 1964.  Two executions were held simultaneously (for the same murder) in Liverpool and Manchester. ");
}
else if(date==14&&month==7)
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document.write("On this date in 1948, Australian cricketer Don Bradman played his last Test Match innings, against England at London\'s Kennington Oval.  Coming to the crease requiring just 4 runs for a career Test batting average of 100, he was famously bowled by his second ball, for 0, by Eric Hollies.  His career Test average was thus 99.94.");
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else if(date==15&&month==7)
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document.write("\'VJ Day\', Victory over Japan Day:  on 15th August 1945, the Japanese government agreed to surrender, effectively bringing to a close World War II.  King George VI and the Queen were driven down the Mall in an open carriage, before greeted cheering crowds from Buckingham Palace balcony.  Famously, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret later mingled with the crowds outside the Palace. ");
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else if(date==16&&month==7)
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document.write("\"To the Honorable the President of the United States. Her Majesty desires to congratulate the President upon the successful completion of this great international work, in which the Queen has taken the deepest interest.\" This was the text of the first message sent via The Atlantic Telegraph, between Queen Victoria and US President James Buchanan, on this day in 1858.");
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document.write("From the East London Advertiser, August 17th 1889: inquest report on Alice Mackenzie, thought to be one of Jack the Ripper\'s later victims:  \"The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict to the effect that Alice Mackenzie was murdered, though by whom there was no evidence to show. The foreman added that the jury endorsed every word that had been said by the Coroner with reference to the condition of the East End. The alleys and courts there were nothing more nor less than harbours for vice and filth.\" ");
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document.write("Reported in The Times newspaper August 18 2007:  The Baltic Exchange, built in 1903 as the headquarters of global maritime trade, extensively damaged by an IRA bomb in 1992, and replaced by the iconic \'Gherkin\' building, is to rise again in Talinn, on the shores of the Baltic.  Elements of the dismantled building were bought by two Estonian businessmen after one of them found an advertisement on the internet.  It was reported that they planned to reconstruct the facade as part of the Estonian Maritime Museum.");
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document.write("August 19 1999:  to the bemusement of passers-by, Jeff Smith, a Freeman of the City of London, leads two sheep across Tower Bridge.  Mr Smith explained that he was seeking to draw attention to people's ancient rights.  Though the stunt was permitted, The Corporation of London said the right to herd sheep across its four bridges, Tower, London, Blackfriars and Southwark Bridges, no longer applies because there are no longer any livestock markets in the City.");
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document.write("3.52pm 20th August 1940:  Sir Winston Churchill delivered the famous lines \"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few\", referring to the airmen who had defended Britain in the Battle of Britain.  This was reenacted in 2010, 70 years later to the minute, outside the Cabinet War Rooms in Whitehall, followed by a flypast over Whitehall by a Spitfire and a Hurricane.<br>August 20 1995:  the inauguration of BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, located in Neasden, North London.  Built in the architectural traditions of Angkor Wat and other famous Hindu temples, its website describes it as \"Europe’s first traditional Hindu temple... a miracle of modern times worked by over a thousand volunteers... a masterpiece of exotic design and workmanship that rises above London's skyline.\" ");
}
else if(date==21&&month==7)
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document.write("Christopher Robin Milne was born at 11 Mallord St, Chelsea, London at 8am on 21st August 1920.  Not an earthshaking event at the time, but Christopher Robin was to become the human hero of the Winnie The Pooh books, written by his father AA Milne, and beloved by generations of children.  Whilst Christopher Robin\'s own teddy bear was the model for Winnie, the name is said to have been taken from a real bear in London Zoo.");
}
else if(date==22&&month==7)
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document.write("22 August 1642 is often cited as the start of the English Civil War, which ultimately saw Charles I deposed and executed.  On this day Charles raised his Standard at Nottingham, effectively a declaration of war.");
}
else if(date==23&&month==7)
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document.write("Scottish patriot William Wallace, subject of the movie <em>Braveheart</em> was executed at Smithfield on this date in 1305.  Having been hanged, drawn and quartered, his head was placed on a pike on top of London Bridge.  A memorial plaque now stands in a wall of St. Bartholomew\'s Hospital near the site of his execution.");
}
else if(date==24&&month==7)
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document.write("24 August 1967:  concerned about the welfare of Rocky the Rockhopper penguin and his female companion during a heatwave, Chessington Zoo keepers take them to join skaters at Streatham ice rink.  They were reportedly unfazed by the other skaters, and once on the slippery surface conducted themselves with dignity and grace.");
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else if(date==25&&month==7)
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document.write("The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, received its Charter from King Henry VIII on 25 August 1537.  Its current regiment forms part of the Territorial Army, and is based just to the north of the City of London, with which it has always maintained strong connections.");
}
else if(date==26&&month==7)
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document.write("Running in bare feet, South African-born athlete Zola Budd smashed the world 5,000 metres record at Crystal Palace stadium, south London, on 26th August 1985.   Her participation in the race was not publicised beforehand to avoid protests by anti-apartheid campaigners.");
}
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document.write("On 27th August 1990, the 112th day of the trial at Southwark Crown Court, and following 5 days of deliberation by the jury, all four defendants in the \'Guinness trial'\ were found guilty on all but one charges.  At the time it was said to have been the most expensive trial in British legal history.");
}
else if(date==28&&month==7)
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document.write("28th August 2003:  at the Royal Courts of Justice, Prime Minister Tony Blair gives evidence to the Hutton inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the apparent suicide of Dr David Kelly.  In addition to the death of the scientist, at the heart of the inquiry was the alleged \"sexing-up\" of an Iraq weapons dossier.  Lord Hutton upheld the government's version of events almost in entirety, slating the BBC and its management.");
}
else if(date==29&&month==7)
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document.write("The Slavery Abolition Bill, having been passed by the House of Commons and the House of Lords, received the Royal Assent from King William IV on 29th August 1833, and thus became law.  The principal driver of abolition, William Wilberforce, did not see the day, having died a month earlier.");
}
else if(date==30&&month==7)
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document.write("30th August 1976:  the Notting Hill Carnival ends in riots.  A heavier than usual police presence and an atmosphere of mutual suspicion resulted in pitched battles which put more than 100 police officers and 60 members of the public in hospital. Despite suggestions at the time that it should be banned, the Carnival has gone from strength to strength, and is London\'s major event of each August Bank Holiday weekend.");
}
else if(date==31&&month==7)
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document.write("On 31st August 1997, the nation united in shock at the news of the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris.  Throughout the day, and in the days following, thousands of mourners had visited the Princess's London home, Kensington Palace, and laid flowers and messages at the gates.");
}
else if(date==1&&month==8)
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document.write("On 1st September 1939, Germany invaded Poland, effectively the first action of World War 2.  The first impact on London - even before Britain\'s declaration of war on September 3rd - was the start of \"Operation Pied Piper\", evacuating mainly schoolchildren to places of safety.  This was in response to predictions that civilian casualties could reach 4 million in London alone.");
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document.write("The Great Fire of London broke out on Sunday 2nd September 1666.  The fire started at a bakery on Pudding Lane, near The Monument which now commemorates it.  It spread rapidly west across the City of London, and raged for 3 days, by which time most of the medieval City of London was destroyed.  One of London's most famous landmarks, St Paul\'s Cathedral, rose from the ashes of its Gothic predecessor, its architect Sir Christopher Wren also responsible for the rebuilding of some 50 other churches.");
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document.write("\"Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3rd, 1802\"<br>By William Wordsworth<br><br>Earth has not anything to show more fair:<br>Dull would he be of soul who could pass by<br>A sight so touching in its majesty:<br>This City now doth, like a garment, wear<br>The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,<br>Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie<br>Open unto the fields, and to the sky;<br>All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.<br><br>Never did sun more beautifully steep<br>In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;<br>Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!<br>The river glideth at his own sweet will:<br>Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;<br>And all that mighty heart is lying still!");
}
else if(date==4&&month==8)
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document.write("The Cambridge Theatre in London\'s West End opened its doors on September 4th 1930.  Its first production was the revue Masquerade with Beatrice Lillie, followed by Charles Laughton in the Edgar Wallace thriller On the Spot.  Now owned by The Really Useful Group, more recently it has been the venue for musicals such as Chicago, Jerry Springer - The Opera, Grease and Fame - The Musical.");
}
else if(date==5&&month==8)
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document.write("5th September 1979:  a day of pageantry in London, as Lord Louis Mountbatten's funeral service was held in Westminster Abbey.  The procession started at Wellington Barracks, and was accompanied by the sound of bells and the solemn brass of Royal Marine bands.  Lord Mountbatten had been murdered by the IRA nine days earlier, during a fishing trip in County Sligo, Ireland.");
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document.write("6th September 1997:  Princess Diana's funeral is watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world.  Over a million people lined the route of the funeral cortege from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey, and along her final journey to the Spencer family home, Althorp, in Northamptonshire.<br><br>On this date in 1879, London's first telephone exchange opened in Lombard Street, serving just 8 subscribers.");
}
else if(date==7&&month==8)
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document.write("7th September 1533:  The future Queen Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich Palace, the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.  She reigned England from 1558 to 1603.<br><br>The London Blitz began on September 7th 1940.  For the following 76 nights, London was pounded by German bombers, the last major attack coming on May 10th 1941.");
}
else if(date==8&&month==8)
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document.write("On 8th September 1830, King William IV was crowned King of the United Kingdom.  He was the oldest monarch at the time of accession, at the age of 64 years and 10 months.  He succeeded his brother George IV, who had no surviving legitimate issue.  At his death William also had no surviving legitimate children, and was succeeded by his niece, Victoria.");
}
else if(date==9&&month==8)
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document.write("Steam locomotives were fully withdrawn from London Underground passenger services on 9 September 1961, when British Railways took over the operations of the Metropolitan Line between Amersham and Aylesbury.");
}
else if(date==10&&month==8)
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document.write("On 10th September 1973, fashion business Biba reopened the doors of the iconic Art Deco Derry and Toms building on Kensington High Street, after a £1m refurbishment.  Though crowds came to view the lavish interiors, designed by Biba founder Barbara Hulanicki, it was less successful commercially, closing its doors two years later.");
}
else if(date==11&&month==8)
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document.write("On 11th september 1978, dissident Bulgarian writer and broadcaster Georgi Markov died, four days after being stabbed with an umbrella at a London bus stop.  Coroners ruled that he had been \"unlawfully killed\" after being injected with the deadly poison ricin.  The assassin was subsequently revealed as Francesco Giullino, a Dane recruited by Durzgavna Sigurnost, the Bulgarian equivalent of the KGB.");
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