September 19 - Talk Like a Pirate Day

Talk Like a Pirate Day

Arr.

Family Birthdays

Cousin Alex Krewson

Overheard

[At snacktime]
D: I should have put a bib on your brother.
E [shakes head]: No, he doesn't get 'thusiastic about the blueberries.

This Day In History

1796

George Washington's farewell address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.

1846

Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.

1946

The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.

1961

Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.

1982

Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin Board System.

1991

Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.

Famous Birthdays

1754

John Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key (d. 1821)

1774

Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian hyperpolyglot (d. 1849)

1799

René Caillié,  French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu (d. 1838)

1910

Jack Dunham, American animator and television producer (d. 2009)

1922

Damon Knight, American science fiction author, editor, critic and fan (d. 2002)

1926

James Lipton, American actor, writer and host of Inside the Actors Studio

1928

Adam West, American actor

1933

David McCallum, Scottish actor

1940

Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter (The Righteous Brothers)

1945

Randolph Mantooth, American actor

1948

Jeremy Irons, English actor

1949

Twiggy, English model
1955
Rex Smith, American singer and actor
1958
Lita Ford, British-born, American-raised rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter
1960
Mario Batali, American chef and restaurateur
1964
Trisha Yearwood, American singer