Talk Like a Pirate Day
Invented by two Oregon friends in 1995 as an inside joke, turned into a global bit after a Dave Barry column in 2002. Arrr.
- Category
- Silly
- Observed in
United States
Canada
Mexico
Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2023
Chinese authorities cancelled a run of performances of The Mongol Khan, the first Mongolian play to be performed internationally, forty minutes before its planned premiere in Hohhot.- 2023Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; this leads to the flight of the Armenian population.
- 2022The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.
- 2022A strong earthquake kills 2 and injures over 30 in Mexico's state of Michoacán.