September 19, 2016 Open Thread, International Talk Like a Pirate Day

September 19 is the 262th day of the year. There are 103 days left.

Today's number is 19

19 is a prime number (the eighth prime) The only magic hexagon with more than 1 cell has 19 cells 19 is potassium The metonic cycle is roughly 19 years and pops up in calendars throughout history; 19 years = 235 lunar months A zero point hand in cribbage is called "nineteen" because no cribbage hand can have a 19 point score The 19th hole on a golf course is the bar A go board is a 19 x 19 grid

Title 19 of the US Code is CUSTOMS DUTIES

19 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Saturninus and Vespillo The Aqua Virgo was completed The poet Virgil died 19 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Balbus Germanicus Julius Caesar died

On this day in: 1778 -- The first US budget was passed by the Continental Congress 1796 -- George Washington's Farewell Address 1870 -- The Siege of Paris began (Franco-Prussian War) 1881 -- President Garfield died of previously inflicted wounds 1893 -- Women won the right to vote in New Zealand 1944 -- Finland and the Soviet Union signed an armistice 1952 -- The US barred Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country 1959 -- Khrushchev was barred from visiting Disneyland 1982 -- The first documented emoticons were posted to a university BBS by Scott Fahlman 1985 -- Tipper Gore and other women formed the Parents Music Resource Center to place warning labels on "bad music" 2006 -- The Thai military staged a coup, revoked the Constitution and declared martial law 2010 -- The Deepwater Horizon leak was purportedly sealed

Born this day in: 1909 -- Ferdinand (Ferry) Anton Ernst Porsche, engineer and businessman, as in Porsche. 1911 -- William Golding, author, poet, playwright, and Nobel Prize laureate 1918 -- Pablita Velarde, a painter from the Santa Clara Pueblo 1920 -- Roger Angell, journalist and author 1922 -- Damon Knight, author and critic 1927 -- Helen Carter, singer (Carter Family) 1927 -- Nick Massi, singer and bass player (4 Seasons) 1930 -- Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist, composer, and educator 1931 -- Brook Benton, singer, songwriter and actor 1932 -- Mike Royko,journalist and author 1932 -- Stefanie Zweig,journalist and author 1933 -- Gilles Archambault, journalist and author 1940 -- Bill Medley, singer and songwriter 1940 -- Sylvia Tyson, singer, songwriter and guitarist (Ian & Sylvia) 1940 -- Paul Williams, singer, songwriter and actor 1941 -- Cass Elliot, singer 1942 -- Freda Payne, singer and actress 1945 -- David Bromberg, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1949 -- Barry Scheck, lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project 1955 -- Rex Smith, actor, singer, and guitarist 1956 -- Juan Manuel Fangio II, legendary race car driver

Died this day in: 1833 -- Mary Jemison, a frontierswoman cptured and adopted by the Seneca who later chose to remain Seneca 1843 -- Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, a mathematician, physicist, and engineer with a forceful personality 1881 -- James A. Garfield, general, lawyer, politician, and the 20th President of the United States 1949 -- Will Cuppy, a brilliant author and critic, wrote "The Decline & Fall of Practically Everybody" & "1066 And All That" 1968 -- Red Foley, singer, songwriter and actor 1973 -- Gram Parsons, singer, songwriter and guitarist 2003 -- Slim Dusty, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 2004 -- Skeeter Davis, American singer & songwriter 2006 -- Danny Flores, singer, songwriter and saxophonist 2009 -- Arthur Ferrante, pianist, half of Ferrante & Teicher, masters of elevator music

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: International Talk Like A Pirate Day

So, for music we gots: Helen Carter Nick Massi Muhal Richard Abrams Brook Benton Bill Medley Sylvia Tyson Paul Williams Cass Elliot Freda Payne David Bromberg Rex Smith Red Foley Gram Parsons Slim Dusty Skeeter Davis Danny Flores Arthur Ferrante

Talk like A Pirate (Jenny)

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