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HTML

<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<div class="modal fade" id="myModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
	<div class="modal-dialog">
		<div class="modal-content">Hello world</div>
	</div>
</div>

CSS

.modal-open {
  overflow: hidden;
}
body.modal-open,
.modal-open .navbar-fixed-top,
.modal-open .navbar-fixed-bottom {
  margin-right: 15px;
}
.modal {
  display: none;
  overflow: auto;
  overflow-y: scroll;
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 1040;
}
.modal.fade .modal-dialog {
  -webkit-transform: translate(0, -25%);
  -ms-transform: translate(0, -25%);
  transform: translate(0, -25%);
  -webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.3s ease-out;
  -moz-transition: -moz-transform 0.3s ease-out;
  -o-transition: -o-transform 0.3s ease-out;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease-out;
}
.modal.in .modal-dialog {
  -webkit-transform: translate(0, 0);
  -ms-transform: translate(0, 0);
  transform: translate(0, 0);
}
.modal-dialog {
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  width: auto;
  padding: 10px;
  z-index: 1050;
}
.modal-content {
  position: relative;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  border: 1px solid #999999;
  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
  border-radius: 6px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 3px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  box-shadow: 0 3px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  background-clip: padding-box;
  outline: none;
}
.modal-backdrop {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 1030;
  background-color: #000000;
}
.modal-backdrop.fade {
  opacity: 0;
  filter: alpha(opacity=0);
}
.modal-backdrop.in {
  opacity: 0.5;
  filter: alpha(opacity=50);
}
.modal-header {
  padding: 15px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
  min-height: 16.428571429px;
}
.modal-header .close {
  margin-top: -2px;
}
.modal-title {
  margin: 0;
  line-height: 1.428571429;
}
.modal-body {
  position: relative;
  padding: 20px;
}
.modal-footer {
  margin-top: 15px;
  padding: 19px 20px 20px;
  text-align: right;
  border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
}
.modal-footer:before,
.modal-footer:after {
  content: " ";
  /* 1 */

  display: table;
  /* 2 */

}
.modal-footer:after {
  clear: both;
}
.modal-footer:before,
.modal-footer:after {
...

JavaScript

// show.bs.modal doesn't work either

$('#myModal')
	.modal('show')
	.on('show.bs.modal', function() {

		alert('shown baby!');

	});