National days on September 19, 2027

A little reason to celebrate

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Fun · September 19

A playful day for trading ordinary speech for pirate talk: arr, ahoy, matey and all the gravelly vowels that come with them.

1676: Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion. Jamestown
1796: George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public. George Washington's Farewell Address
1863: American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater. Battle of Chickamauga
1982: Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system. Scott Fahlman
2011: Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career saves leader with 602. Mariano Rivera