function todaysdate() {

 calendar = new Date();
 day = calendar.getDay();
 month = calendar.getMonth();
 date = calendar.getDate();
 year = calendar.getYear();
 if (year < 1000)
 year+=1900
 cent = parseInt(year/100);
 g = year % 19;
 k = parseInt((cent - 17)/25);
 i = (cent - parseInt(cent/4) - parseInt((cent - k)/3) + 19*g + 15) % 30;
 i = i - parseInt(i/28)*(1 - parseInt(i/28)*parseInt(29/(i+1))*parseInt((21-g)/11));
 j = (year + parseInt(year/4) + i + 2 - cent + parseInt(cent/4)) % 7;
 l = i - j;
 emonth = 3 + parseInt((l + 40)/44);
 edate = l + 28 - 31*parseInt((emonth/4));
 emonth--;
 var dayname = new Array ("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
 var monthname = 
 new Array ("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December" );
 document.write("<font Verdana, Arial, Helvetica size=1>");
 document.write(dayname[day] + ", ");
 document.write(monthname[month] + " ");
 if (date< 10) document.write("0" + date + ", ");
         else document.write(date + ", ");
 document.write(year + "    <font color=900028>");
 // Easter
 if ((month == emonth) && (date == edate)) document.write("Easter Sunday (Western)   ");
 // January
 if ((month == 0) && (date == 1)) document.write(" - New Year's Day");
 if ((month == 0) && (date == 27)) document.write(" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born (1756)");
 if ((month == 0) && (day == 1) && (date > 14) && (date< 22)) document.write(" - Martin Luther King Jr. Day");
 // February
 if ((month == 1) && (date == 2)) document.write(" - Groundhog Day");
 if ((month == 1) && (date == 8)) document.write(" - Jules Verne born (1828)");
 if ((month == 1) && (date == 11)) document.write(" - National Foundation Day (Japan)");
 if ((month == 1) && (date== 12)) document.write(" - Lincoln's Birthday");
 if((month == 1) && (date == 14)) document.write(" - St. Valentine's Day");
 if ((month == 1) && (date == 15)) document.write(" - Galileo Galilei born (1564)");
 if ((month == 1) && (date == 22)) document.write(" - Washington's Birthday");
 if ((month == 1) && (date == 29)) document.write(" - Leap Day");
 // March
 if ((month == 2) && (date == 3)) document.write(" - Girl's Day (Japan)");
 if ((month == 2) && (date == 17)) document.write(" - St. Patrick's Day");
 if ((month == 2) && (date == 21)) document.write(" - J.S. Bach born (1685)");
 //if ((month == 2) && (day == 0) && (date > 7) && (date< 14)) document.write(" - Daylight Savings Time Begins");
 // April
 if ((month == 3) && (date == 1)) document.write(" - April Fools' Day");
 if ((month == 3) && (date == 15) && (day != 0)) document.write(" - Income Tax Day (USA),   ");
 if ((month == 3) && (date == 16) && (day == 1)) document.write(" - Income Tax Day (USA) ");
 if ((month == 3) && (date == 15)) document.write(" - Leonardo da Vinci born (1452)");
 if ((month == 3) && (date == 22)) document.write(" - Earth Day");
// if ((month == 3) && (date == 29)) document.write(" - Emperor's Birthday (Japan)");
  // May
 if ((month == 4) && (date == 1)) document.write(" - May Day,   Boy's Day (Japan)");
 if ((month == 4) && (date == 3)) document.write(" - Constitution Day (Japan)");
 if ((month == 4) && (date == 5)) document.write(" - Cinco de Mayo (Mexico),   Children's Day (Japan)");
 if ((month == 4) && (date == 15)) document.write(" - Independence Day (Paraguay)");
 if ((month == 4) && (day == 0) && (date > 7) && (date< 16)) document.write(" - Mother's Day");
 if ((month == 4) && (day == 1) && (date > 24)) document.write(" - Memorial Day");
 // June
 if ((month == 5) && (date == 5)) document.write(" - Constitution Day (Denmark)");
 if ((month == 5) && (date == 6)) document.write(" - D-Day (USA)");
 if ((month == 5) && (date == 11)) document.write(" - Kamehameha Day (Hawaii)");
 if ((month == 5) && (date == 14)) document.write(" - Flag Day (USA)");
 if ((month == 5) && (date == 21)) document.write(" - Summer Solstice");
 if ((month == 5) && (date == 24)) document.write(" - St. Jean Baptiste Day (Canada)");
 if ((month == 5) && (date == 30)) document.write(" - Independence Day (Zaire)");
 if ((month == 5) && (day == 0) && (date > 14) && (date< 22)) document.write(" - Father's Day");
 // July
 if ((month == 6) && (date == 1)) document.write(" - Independence Day (Canada)");
 if ((month == 6) && (date == 4)) document.write(" - Independence Day (USA)");
 if ((month == 6) && (date == 14)) document.write(" - Bastille Day (France)");
 // August
 if ((month == 7) && (date == 1)) document.write(" - Confederation Day (Switzerland)");
 if ((month == 7) && (date == 10)) document.write(" - Independence Day (Ecuador)");
 if ((month == 7) && (date == 15)) document.write(" - Independence Day (India)");
 // September
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 7)) document.write(" - Independence Day (Brazil)");
 if ((month == 8) && (day == 1) && (date > 14) && (date < 22)) document.write(" - Respect for the Aged Day (Japan)");
 if ((month == 8) && (date == 16)) document.write(" - Independence Day (Mexico)");
 if ((month == 8) && (day== 1)&& (date > 0) && (date< 8)) document.write(" - Labor Day (USA)");
 // October
 if ((month == 9) && (date == 3)) document.write(" - German Reunification (1990)");
 if ((month == 9) && (day == 1) && (date > 7) && (date < 15)) document.write(" - Health-Sports Day (Japan)");
 if ((month == 9) && (day == 1) && (date > 7) && (date < 15)) document.write(" - Columbus Day (USA) ");
 if ((month == 9) && (day == 1) && (date > 7) && (date < 15)) document.write(" - Thanksgiving (Canada)");
 if ((month == 9) && (date == 24)) document.write(" - United Nations Day");
 if ((month == 9) && (date == 31)) document.write(" - Halloween");
 // November
 if ((month == 10) && (date == 1)) document.write(" - All Saints Day");
 if ((month == 10) && (date == 2)) document.write(" - All Souls Day");
 if ((month == 10) && (date == 3)) document.write(" - Culture Day (Japan)");
 if ((month == 10) && (day == 0) && (date > 0) && (date< 8)) document.write(" - Daylight Savings Time Ends");
 if ((month == 10) && (date == 11)) document.write(" - Veteran's Day (USA) - Remembrance Day (Canada)");
 if ((month == 10) && (date ==20)) document.write(" - Revolution Day (Mexico)");
 if ((month == 10) && (day == 4) && (date > 21) && (date < 29)) document.write(" - Thanksgiving (USA)");
 //if ((month == 10) && (day == 0) && (date == 31)) document.write(" - Daylight Savings Time Ends<BR>");
  // December
 if ((month == 11) && (date == 7)) document.write(" - Pearl Harbor Remembrance");
 if ((month == 11) && (date == 10)) document.write(" - Human Rights Day");
 if ((month == 11) && (date == 21)) document.write(" - Winter Solstice");
 if ((month == 11) && (date == 24)) document.write(" - Christmas Eve");
 if ((month == 11) && (date == 25)) document.write(" - Christmas");
 if ((month == 11) && (date == 31)) document.write(" - New Year's Eve");
 document.write("<br></font>");
}