* Astronomy

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RE: September 19th

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Swab the deck! International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45057737/international-talk-like-a-pirate-day/

Pieces o' eight! The first Glastonbury Festival was held on the 19th September 1970.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t12297651/glastonbury-festival/

More grog! Betty and Barney Hill claimed to have been abducted by extraterrestrials in 1961.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_and_Barney_Hill_abduction

Jolly Roger! The 1976 Tehran UFO Incident was a radar and visual sighting of a UFO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tehran_UFO_incident

Hoist the Colours! Ofeq 1 was launched September 19, 1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofeq#Launch_history

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People

Beauty! Sunita Williams ( September 19, 1965) is a former American astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunita_Williams

Salty Dog! Richard Michael Linnehan is a NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Linnehan

Buccaneer! Masatoshi Koshiba (September 19, 1926) is a Japanese physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masatoshi_Koshiba

Cat o' nine tails! James Alexander II (September 19, 1888 - September 23, 1971) was a mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Alexander

Cap'n! Jean Baptiste Joseph, chevalier Delambre (19 September 1749 - 19 August 1822) was a French mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste-Joseph_Delambre

Geoffrey Wainwright (19 September 1937 - 6 March 2017) was a British archaeologist specialising in prehistory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Wainwright_(archaeologist)

Me hearties! Otzi the Iceman lived about 5,300 years ago.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45057872/tzi-the-iceman/

Davy Jones' Locker! David McCallum. (19 September 1933) is a Scottish actor and musician.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McCallum

Lass! Cynthia Martin (aka Cindy Martin) is a comic book artist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Martin

Aye! Johann Georg Repsold (September 19, 1770 - January 14, 1830) was a German astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Repsold

Great sea beastie! Hans-Emil Schuster (born September 19, 1934) is a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Emil_Schuster

Matey! Korado Korlevic (born on 19 September 1958) is a Croatian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korado_Korlevi%C4%87

Arrr! Yoshio Kushida ( born September 19, 1957) is a Japanese seismologist and amateur astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Kushida

Keel haul! Guy Consolmagno (September 19, 1952), is an American research astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Consolmagno

Lubbers! Simon Plössl (September 19, 1794 - January 29, 1868) was an Austrian optical instrument maker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Pl%C3%B6ssl

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Fiddlers Green! The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck on 19 September 1985
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Mexico_City_earthquake

Look lively! The Rainier shot nuclear test was conducted September 19, 1957
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45057815/rainier-shot-nuclear-test/

Arrr. The Battle of Poitiers occurred on 19 September 1356
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poitiers

Booty! Supernova 1999dn was observed in NGC 7714 on September 19, 1999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7714

Sea Chest! Asteroid 20 Massalia was discovered by A. de Gasparis on September 19, 1852
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_Massalia

Shiver me timbers! Asteroid 48 Doris was discovered on September 19, 1857
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48_Doris

Ye be walkin' the plank! Asteroid 49 Pales was discovered on September 19, 1857
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49_Pales

Ye Scurvy dogs! Asteroid 112 Iphigenia was discovered on September 19, 1870
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112_Iphigenia

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The 1976 Tehran UFO Incident was a radar and visual sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) over Tehran, the capital of Iran, during the early morning hours of 19 September 1976.
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Meteorites

Bilge Rats! The Rodach meteorite fell in Bayern, Germany, on the 19th September 1775.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45057920/rodach-meteorite/

Yo-ho-ho! The Tjabe meteorite fell in Jawa Tengah, Indonesia, on the 19th September 1869.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45057926/tjabe-meteorite/

Weigh anchor! The Khohar meteorite fell in Madhya Pradesh, India, on the 19th September 1910.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45057935/khohar-meteorite/

Heave-away! The Karewar meteorite fell in Katsina, Nigeria, on the 19th September 1949.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45058001/karewar-meteorite/

Cast Off! A meteorite fell in the Quebrada de la Aguada September 1930.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55008966/aguada-meteorite/

The Maldonado meteorite fell in San Carlos, Uruguay, on the 19th September 2015.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t61032027/maldonado-meteorite/