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+import requests
+
+from datetime import date
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+from config import config
+
+def get_on_this_day():
+    return "<h1>On this day</h1>%s%s%s%s" % (get_old_news(), get_calvin_and_hobbes(), get_today_wikipedia(), get_today_wikiquote())
+
+def get_old_news():
+    print("getting old news")
+    year = int(date.today().strftime("%Y")) - 100
+    century_ago = str(year) + date.today().strftime("-%m-%d")
+    news_text = ""
+    urls = config["news"]["urls"].split(",")
+    names = config["news"]["names"].split(",")
+    for i in range(len(urls)):
+        full_url = urls[i] % century_ago
+        name = names[i]
+        if requests.get(full_url).status_code != 404:
+            news_text += '<div><a href="%s">%s %s</a></div>\n' % (full_url, name, century_ago)
+    return news_text
+
+def get_today_wikipedia():
+    print("getting today's wikipedia")
+    full_url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s" % date.today().strftime("%B_%d")
+    return '<div><a href="%s">Today\'s Wikipedia</a></div>' % (full_url)
+
+def get_today_wikiquote():
+    print("getting today's wikiquote")
+    full_url = "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%s" % date.today().strftime("%B_%d")
+    r = requests.get(full_url)
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, features="lxml")
+    table = str(soup.find(text="2020").parent.parent.next_sibling.next_sibling)
+    table = table.replace('href="/', 'href="https://en.wikiquote.org/')
+    return '<div style="border: 1px solid black">%s</div>' % table
+
+def get_calvin_and_hobbes():
+    print("getting calvin and hobbes")
+    year = int(date.today().strftime("%Y")) % 9 + 1986
+    comic_date = str(year) + date.today().strftime("/%m/%d")
+    full_url = "https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/%s" % comic_date
+    r = requests.get(full_url)
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, features="lxml")
+    if not "Today on" in str(soup.title): # gocomics gives you today if 404
+        comic_src = soup.select(".item-comic-image")[0].img["src"]
+        return '<div><a href="%s">Calvin and Hobbes</a></div>' % (comic_src)
+    else:
+        return ""
+