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 		local monthName = MONTHS[tonumber(month)]
 		local pageName = day .. " " .. monthName .. " (releases)"
-		local outputWidget = "<div class=\"mainpage-releases tech\" id=\"releases\"><h2>[[" .. pageName .. "|On this day in...]]</h2> \n<h3>"
+		local outputWidget = "<div class=\"mainpage-releases tech\" id=\"releases\"><h2>[[" .. pageName .. "|On this day in...]]</h2>"
 		local pageText = frame:callParserFunction('#dpl:', {include='*', title=pageName}):gsub(".*-->", ""):gsub("<!--.*", "")
 		local releases = textUtil.split(pageText, "*")
-		local randomRelease = releases[math.random(1, #releases)]
+		local numToReturn = 0
-		local temp = textUtil.split(randomRelease, " %- ")
+		if #release < 5 then numToReturn = #release else numToReturn = 5 end
-		local year = temp[1]
+		local usedNumbers = {}
-		local text = temp[2]
+		for count in range(1, numToReturn) do
-		outputWidget = outputWidget .. "..." .. year .."</h3> \n<span>" .. text .. "</span></div>"
+			local ranNum = math.random(1, #release)
+			while not usedNumbers[ranNum] do
+				ranNum = math.random(1, #release)
+			end
+			usedNumbers[ranNum] = true
+			local randomRelease = releases[ranNum]
+			local temp = textUtil.split(randomRelease, " %- ")
+			local year = temp[1]
+			local text = temp[2]
+			outputWidget = outputWidget .. "... \n<h3>" .. year .."</h3> \n<span>" .. text .. "</span>"
+		end
-		cache.set(PREFIX .. currentDate, outputWidget)
+		outputWidget = outputWidget .. "</div>"
+		--cache.set(PREFIX .. currentDate, outputWidget)
 	end
 	return outputWidget