Loading external content into div

Loading external content into div

I'm trying to load content from an external html file into a div.

Here is the code I'm using now:
<script type="text/javascript">
("#upcomingevents").load("upcomingevents.html", function(){
  //function executed when load is done.
});
</script> 

However, when the page loads, none of the content is loaded.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Matt