// Created by M. Galloway 8/24/2009
// Replacing Perl and Mason scripts in index.html with javascript that does same thing.
// Checks today's date and generates text/link providing about something that happened today in POTUS history.
// create a date object
var d = new Date();
//uncomment to use for debugging
//d.setDate(17); // change day of month
//d.setMonth(4); // change month number (subtract 1 for current month)
// get today's date
var t_d = d.toDateString();
// add comma before year
var t_d_mod = t_d.replace(/ 200/,", 200");
// remove 3 letter days
var t_d_mod = t_d_mod.replace(/Mon|Tues|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun/,"");
//get day of month
var d_of_mon = d.getDate();
//get month number
var mon_num = d.getMonth() + 1;
//uncomment to use for debugging
//document.write(d_of_mon+"
"); // see day of month
//document.write(mon_num+"
"); // see month number
// initialize message string to show for today
var t_d_msg;
t_d_msg = "" + t_d_mod + "
\n";
t_d_msg += "On this day, in POTUS history…
\n";
// syntax for having a specific event on a specific day
// Uncomment if useful for debugging
//if (mon_num == 8 && d_of_mon == 24) { t_d_msg += 'In YEAR, FACT.
\n'; }
// if statements for specific events
if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 1) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 1) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 1) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 5) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 6) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 6) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 6) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 7) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 9) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 17) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 17) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 18) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 22) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 25) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 25) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 29) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 1 && d_of_mon == 30) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 3) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 4) { t_d_msg += 'In 1861, Seven southern states form the Confederacy.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 5) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 6) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 9) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 10) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 10) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 12) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 15) { t_d_msg += 'In 1898, U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 16) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 21) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 22) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 2 && d_of_mon == 23) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 4) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 8) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 8) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 12) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 13) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 15) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 16) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 17) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 18) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 28) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 29) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 29) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 3 && d_of_mon == 30) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 4 && d_of_mon == 4) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 4 && d_of_mon == 6) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 4 && d_of_mon == 6) { t_d_msg += 'In 1917, U.S. Congress declared war on Germany to enter World War I.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 4 && d_of_mon == 9) { t_d_msg += 'In 1865, General Robert E. Lee and General
Ulysses S. Grant signed terms of Confederate surrender ending the Civil War.
In 1915, British liner Lusitania torpedoed by German subs.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 5 && d_of_mon == 7) { t_d_msg += 'In 1945, Germany surrendered ending World War II in Europe.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 5 && d_of_mon == 8) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 5 && d_of_mon == 17) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 5 && d_of_mon == 26) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 5 && d_of_mon == 29) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 1) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 2) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 6) { t_d_msg += 'In 1944, D-Day: Allied forces land on Normany coast of France.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 8) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 12) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 15) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 19) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 21) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 21) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 22) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 24) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 24) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 24) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 26) { t_d_msg += 'In 1945, United Nations Charter signed.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 28) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 6 && d_of_mon == 28) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 1) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 4) { t_d_msg += 'In 1776, U.S. Declaration of Independence signed.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 4) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 4) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 4) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 4) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 7) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 8) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 9) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 11) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 12) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 14) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 23) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 26) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 7 && d_of_mon == 31) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 8 && d_of_mon == 2) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 8 && d_of_mon == 9) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 8 && d_of_mon == 10) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 8 && d_of_mon == 19) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 8 && d_of_mon == 20) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 8 && d_of_mon == 22) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 8 && d_of_mon == 24) { t_d_msg += 'In 1928, Kellogg-Briand Pact signed in Paris.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 8 && d_of_mon == 27) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 9 && d_of_mon == 12) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 9 && d_of_mon == 14) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 9 && d_of_mon == 15) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 9 && d_of_mon == 15) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 9 && d_of_mon == 19) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 1) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 4) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 4) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 5) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 8) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 10) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 11) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 14) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 15) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 20) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 20) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 25) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 25) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 27) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 27) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 28) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 29) { t_d_msg += 'In 1929, Stock market crashed.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 10 && d_of_mon == 30) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 2) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 2) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 4) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 10) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 11) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 11) { t_d_msg += 'In 1918, Armistice ending World War I signed.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 17) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 18) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 19) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 19) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 22) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 23) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 24) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 11 && d_of_mon == 25) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 2) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 2) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 5) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 7) { t_d_msg += 'In 1941, Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 8) { t_d_msg += 'In 1941, U.S. Congress declares war on Japan to enter World War II.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 14) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 15) { t_d_msg += 'In 1791, U.S. Bill of Rights became law.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 18) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 24) { t_d_msg += 'In 1814, Treaty of Ghent signed.
\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 26) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 28) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 29) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
else if (mon_num == 12 && d_of_mon == 30) { t_d_msg += '\n'; }
//if no match for above dates, reset variable to empty string and show nothing
else { t_d_msg = ''; }
document.write(t_d_msg);