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 <p>
 Dates are in yyyy-mm-dd form.
 
-<table border=1>
+<table border=1 cellspacing=0>
 <tr><td> date <td> event/phase
 
-<tr><th colspan=2> <br><br>Past events
+<tr><th colspan=2 bgcolor="#aaaaaa"> Past events
 <tr><td> 2017-06-30 <td> Announcement, call for contributors
 
-<tr><th colspan=2> <br><br>Current events and open discussions
+<tr><th colspan=2 bgcolor="#aaaaaa"> Current events and open discussions
 <tr><td> 2017-07-20 <td> discussion: design process
 
-<tr><th colspan=2> <br><br>Plans for future events
+<tr><th colspan=2 bgcolor="#aaaaaa"> Plans for future events
 <tr><td> 2017-07-26 <td> discussion: main components
 <tr><td> &nbsp;     <td> design data
 <tr><td> &nbsp;     <td> drawing primitives