Uncyclopedia:Anniversaries/September 19

September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day

• 1588 - The Dread Pirate Wesley singlehandedly defeats the entire Spanish Armada in single combat.
• 1778 - The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States, budgeting 10,000 doubloons for defense, 5000 pieces of eight for social programs, and additional booty to highways.
• 1796 - George Washington makes his farewell address, saying, "Aye me mateys, it were good being captain of this fine ship of state."
• 1957 - First U.S. underground nuclear bomb test is conducted, shivering timbers as far as 500 km (300 mi) away.
• 1959 - After Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland, he threatens to keelhaul a man dressed in a Goofy suit.
• 1970 - Pirates the world over rejoice at Oldsmobile's launch of the Cutlass Supreme!
• 1982 - Feared corsair Patch-Eyed Pete posts first recorded instance of an emoticon, P-) to an online bulletin board.
• 1985- First pirate movie released. It is rated ARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
• 1989- Pirate radio goes on the air and is fined for gratuitous use of the words "scalliwag" and "booty".
• 1995 - First Talk Like a Pirate Day. It rapidly replaces Talk Like a Ninja Day, which involved people saying nothing so as to conceal their presence.
• 2006 - With the War on Terror becoming increasingly bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Bush considers shifting focus to a War on Pirates.
• 2006- Patch-Eyed Pete is fined $100,000 for using a pirated emoticon in 1982.
• 2008- Due to the unpopularity of his administration, George W. Bush is forced to walk the plank. The outraged Right Wing Naval Forces (RWNF) stage an attack on the District of Columbia from their base in Wasila, Alaska, resulting in the Battle of Stupid Pirate Catchphrases.
• 2014 - File-sharing site The Pirate Bay is taken down by the ABBA-led Swedish navy but immediately springs up on hundreds of mirror sites. The criminal organization HYDRA sues for theft of concept and for confusing fish.