I should have given an example of /x, here's how my version of your code that I used to try out my solution looks:

while (<>){
    if(/(
        [0-3]?[0-9](?:th|st|nd|rd)?\s+
        
        (?:Jan(uary)?|Feb(ruary)?|Mar(ch)?|Apr(il)?|May|Jun(e)?|
        
        Jul(y)?|Aug(ust)?|Sep(tember)?|Oct(ober)?|Nov(ember)?|Dec(embe
+r?))\s+
        
        [0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9][0-9])
        
        /ix) {
    print "$1\n";
    }
}

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