// Last Updated John Balean 2011/11/22 11:00 -->

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if (day.getDate()==22 && [month.getMonth()+1]==11)
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image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/november/IPU425166.jpg";
title="22 November 1961";
filename="IPU425166";
description="LOTTE HOLME MODELS 'GRINZING' THE LATEST FROM THE 1962 SPRING DIOR COLLECTION..";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==23 && [month.getMonth()+1]==11)
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image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/november/IPU425257.jpg";
title="23 November 1961";
filename="IPU425257";
description="LT. JOHN T. KRYWAY EJECTS FROM HIS F8U-1 CRUSADER JET AFTER IT CAUGHT FIRE DURING LANDING ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER, USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, USA.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==24 && [month.getMonth()+1]==11)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/november/IPU425349.jpg";
title="24 November 1961";
filename="IPU425349";
description="THE WRECKAGE OF THE MANDRAS-BOMBAY JANTA EXPRESS TRAIN AFTER IT LEFT THE TRACKS IN KOSGI AND WENT THROUGH A BRICK WALL KILLING THREE PEOPLE. MADRAS STATE, INDIA.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==25 && [month.getMonth()+1]==11)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/november/IPU425398.jpg";
title="25 November 1961";
filename="IPU425398";
description="BRITISH PRIME MINISTER HAROLD MACMILLAN WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT CHARLES DE GAULLE  AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S HOME IN BIRCHGROVE, SUSSEX, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==26 && [month.getMonth()+1]==11)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/november/IPU425419.jpg";
title="26 November 1961";
filename="IPU425419";
description="A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE GUARD OF HONOUR LYING ON THE TARMAC AFTER HE FAINTED AT GATWICK AIRPORT, WHERE FRENCH PRESIDENT CHARLES DE GAULLE FLEW OUT AFTER A WEEKEND WITH PRIME MINISTER HAROLD MACMILLAN. SUSSEX, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
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if (day.getDate()==27 && [month.getMonth()+1]==11)
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image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/november/IPU425455.jpg";
title="27 November 1961";
filename="IPU425455";
description="SPIKE MILLIGAN PLAYS THE CASTAWAY, BEN GUNN,  IN R.L. STEVENSON'S 'TREASURE ISLAND' AT THE MERMAID THEATRE, LONDON, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==28 && [month.getMonth()+1]==11)
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image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/november/IPU425521.jpg";
title="28 November 1961";
filename="IPU425521";
description="UNDERWATER STUDENTS LEARNING THEIR A.B.C. (ABOUT BREATH CONTROL) AT MERMAID SCHOOL AT WEEKI WACHEE SPRINGS AT BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA, USA.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==29 && [month.getMonth()+1]==11)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/november/IPU425610.jpg";
title="29 November 1961";
filename="IPU425610";
description="QUEEN ELIZABETH II WITH PRINCE PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH ENJOYING A DISPLAY OF 'DEVIL DANCING'  BY 52 CHIEFS AT A ROYAL DURBAR IN BO, SIERRA LEONE.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==30 && [month.getMonth()+1]==11)
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image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/november/IPU425629.jpg";
title="30 November 1961";
filename="IPU425629";
description="BOATS ROW THROUGH THE STREETS OF SEVILLE AFTER HEAVY FLOODING AND DAM BURST SWAMP THE CITY KILLING FOUR. SPAIN.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

//December
if (day.getDate()==1 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
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image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU425730.jpg";
title="1 December 1961";
filename="IPU425730";
description="EDITH COATES AS THE 'COUNTESS' IN TCHAIKOVSKY'S OPERA 'QUEEN OF SPADES' AT COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==2 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU425780.jpg";
title="2 December 1961";
filename="IPU425780";
description="REFUGEE CHILDREN FROM THE EVACUATED VOLCANIC ISLAND OF TRISTAN DA CUNHA RECEIVE ROAD SAFETY BICYCLE LESSONS AT ROSPA HOUSE, LONDON, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==3 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU425818.jpg";
title="3 December 1961";
filename="IPU425818";
description="A WOMAN PRESENTS HER ID CARD FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN THE NEW SYRIA. WOMEN HAD TO USE SEPARATE POLLING STATIONS AND WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO VOTE IF THEY HAD AT LEAST FIVE YEARS EDUCATION. DAMASCUS, SYRIA.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==4 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU425872.jpg";
title="4 December 1961";
filename="IPU425872";
description="THE FIVE MILLIONTH VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE COMES OF THE PRODUCTION LINE (LEFT), PICTURED WITH THE OLDEST AND YOUNGEST WORKER IN THE VW FACTORY AND AN ORIGINAL 1938 VERSION OF THE CAR. WOLFSBURG, GERMANY.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==5 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU425990.jpg";
title="5 December 1961";
filename="IPU425990";
description="CONSTRUCTION OF COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, INCLUDING THE WROUGHT IRON SCREEN BUILT BY THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AT CHATHAM. THE CATHEDRAL AND SCREEN WERE DESIGNED BY SIR BASIL SPENCE. WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==6 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426087.jpg";
title="6 December 1961";
filename="IPU426087";
description="DIRECTOR, RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH WITH HIS WIFE SHEILA SIM, ARRIVE FOR THE FILM PREMIERE OF 'EL CID' AT THE METROPOLE IN VICTORIA, LONDON, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==7 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426162.jpg";
title="7 December 1961";
filename="IPU426162";
description="BBC TELEVISION PERSONALITY RICHARD DIMBLEBY, LONDON, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==8 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426194.jpg";
title="8 December 1961";
filename="IPU426194";
description="THE SEASONS FIRST BIG PORPOISE CATCH LIE ON THE BEACH IN ITO, JAPAN. WEIGHING UP TO 80KG THEY ARE SOLD AT 50 US DOLLARS PER KILO.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==9 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426262.jpg";
title="9 December 1961";
filename="IPU426262";
description="A CAR USED AS AN AMBULANCE TO COLLECT WOUNDED COMES UNDER FIRE DURING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN KATANGAN REBELS AND UN FORCES IN ELISABETHVILLE, KATANGA, CONGO.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==10 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426315.jpg";
title="10 December 1961";
filename="IPU426315";
description="AFRICAN LEADER AND ZULU CHIEF, ALBERT JOHN LUTHULI, RECEIVES THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FROM KING OLAV OF NORWAY IN OSLO. THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT ONLY ALLOWED HIM 10 DAYS TRAVEL TO COLLECT THE PRIZE.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==11 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426370.jpg";
title="11 December 1961";
filename="IPU426370";
description="MR JUSTICE LANDAU ANNOUCES TO ADOLF EICHMANN AND THE COURT, THAT HE IS FOUND GUILTY OF ALL 15 CHARGES RELATING TO CRIMES HE COMMITTED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. JERUSALEM, ISRAEL.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==12 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426482.jpg";
title="12 December 1961";
filename="IPU426482";
description="MEMBERS OF KATANGAN JEUNESSE POLITICAL PARTY CHARGE TO ATTACK THE UNITED STATES CONSULATE IN ELISABETHVILLE, KATANGA, CONGO.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==13 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426517.jpg";
title="13 December 1961";
filename="IPU426517";
description=" NOEL COWARD PICTURED ABOARD THE QUEEN MARY WITH HIS FLORAL PATTERNED CARPET BAG. SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==14 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426613.jpg";
title="14 December 1961";
filename="IPU426613";
description="CHUBBY CHECKER BRINGS THE LATEST DANCE CRAZE TO BRITAIN AS HE GIVES A DEMONSTRATION OF 'THE TWIST'. LONDON, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==15 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426711.jpg";
title="15 December 1961";
filename="IPU426711";
description="PRINCESS ALICE OF GREECE GREETS HER SON, PRINCE PHILIP, THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, WHO ARRIVED IN ATHENS FOR THE 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS OF KING PAUL OF GREECE (PICTURED RIGHT).";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==16 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426735.jpg";
title="16 December 1961";
filename="IPU426735";
description="A DOMINCAN POLICEMAN THROWS A TEAR GAS BOMB AT RIOTING CROWDS IN THE CAPITAL AFTER  DEMONSTRATIONS TURNED VIOLENT IN SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==17 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426801.jpg";
title="17 December 1961";
filename="IPU426801";
description="INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOY, PORFIRIO RUBIROSA, AND HIS FIFTH WIFE, ODILE RODIN, ARRIVE AT THE FILM PREMIERE OF 'EL CID' IN NEW YORK, USA.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==18 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426826.jpg";
title="18 December 1961";
filename="IPU426826";
description="SHIRLEY  MACLAINE ON A EUROPEAN TOUR MEETS MISS MAKIMURA FROM THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==19 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU426908.jpg";
title="19 December 1961";
filename="IPU426908";
description="QUEEN ELIZABETH II INAUGURATES CANTAT, THE CANADIAN TRANS ATLANTIC TELEPHONE, BY MAKING THE FIRST DIRECT CALL TO OTTAWA  FROM LONDON TO SPEAK TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, LONDON, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==20 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427015.jpg";
title="20 December 1961";
filename="IPU427015";
description="INDIAN TROOPS ENTER GOA IN A MILITARY CAMPAIGN TO ANNEX THE TERRITORY FROM PORTUGAL AFTER 450 YEARS OF RULE.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==21 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427031.jpg";
title="21 December 1961";
filename="IPU427031";
description="FIREFIGHTERS OUTSIDE THE CASINO DE PARIS AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT DURING THE CLOSING NUMBER CAUSING PATRONS, PERFORMERS AND STAFF TO FLEE THE BUILDING. PARIS, FRANCE.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==22 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427120.jpg";
title="22 December 1961";
filename="IPU427120";
description="PETER BRIDGMONT AS 'BILLY BUNTER', DUMPS HIS PRODUCER, BERNADETTE MILNES, IN A BREAD BASKET DURING DRESS REHEASALS OF THE PANTOMINE AT VICTORIA PALACE THEATRE, LONDON, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==23 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427150.jpg";
title="23 December 1961";
filename="IPU427150";
description="US PRESIDENT, JOHN F KENNEDY, WITH UK PRIME MINISTER, HAROLD  MACMILLAN, MEETING AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN HAMILTON, BERMUDA TO DISCUSS BERLIN, NUCLEAR PROBLEMS, AND THE CONGO CRISIS.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==24 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427184.jpg";
title="24 December 1961";
filename="IPU427184";
description="A QUEUE OF DAMAGED JEEPS LINE THE ROAD AFTER INDIAN TROOPS ENTERED GOA IN A SUCCESSFUL MILITARY CAMPAIGN TO ANNEX THE TERRITORY FROM PORTUGAL AFTER 450 YEARS OF RULE.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==25 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427213.jpg";
title="25 December 1961";
filename="IPU427213";
description="SWIMMERS OF THE BRIGHTON ALL YEAR ROUND SWIMMING CLUB EMERGE FROM THE SEA AFTER TAKING THEIR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DAY DIP AT BRIGHTON, EAST SUSSEX, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==26 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427206.jpg";
title="26 December 1961";
filename="IPU427206";
description=" THE POND ON WIMBLEDON COMMON TURNED INTO AN ICE SKATING RINK OVERNIGHT AS SHARP FROSTS HIT LONDON.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==27 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427243.jpg";
title="27 December 1961";
filename="IPU427243";
description="JOHN MILLS AFTER MAKING HIS US DEBUT IN TERRENCE RATTIGAN'S PLAY 'ROSS' AT THE EUGENE O'NEILL THEATRE, NEW YORK. PICTURED WITH HIS WIFE, MARY HAYLEY BELL AND CHILDREN, HAYLEY AND JONATHAN MILLS. NEW YORK, USA.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==28 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427258.jpg";
title="28 December 1961";
filename="IPU427258";
description="MR MILLS AND HIS SON PLAY CHESS WHILE ANOTHER MAN READS THE NEWSPAPER AS WIVES, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS SEARCH FOR BARGAINS IN THE WINTER SALES ON KENSINGTON HIGH STREET. LONDON, ENGLAND.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==29 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427344.jpg";
title="29 December 1961";
filename="IPU427344";
description="ACTRESS ANNA KASHFI JUST ABOUT TO SLAP HER EX-HUSBAND, MARLON BRANDO, AFTER THEIR BITTERLY CONTESTED CHILD CUSTODY HEARING IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, USA.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==30 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427390.jpg";
title="30 December 1961";
filename="IPU427390";
description="WORLD FAMOUS CELLIST, PABLO CASALS, PLAYS HIS CELLO AND SMOKES A PIPE ON HIS 85TH BIRTHDAY, AT HIS HOME IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}

if (day.getDate()==31 && [month.getMonth()+1]==12)
{
image="new/images/50yearsago/1961/december/IPU427421.jpg";
title="31 December 1961";
filename="IPU427421";
description="A DOUBLE DECKER BUS IS ABANDONED IN ELMERS END ROAD, CRYSTAL PALACE, AFTER HEAVY SNOW BRINGS SOUTH EAST ENGLAND TO A STANDSTILL.";
creditline="©Topham/TopFoto";
}