Talk:September 19

--mav 00:18, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page

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September 19: International Talk Like a Pirate Day Meditation 1893 – New Zealand became the first country to introduce universal suffrage following the women's suffrage movement led by Kate Sheppard. 1910 – Edith Maryon's bronze statuette Meditation (pictured) was exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. 1970 – Greek student Kostas Georgakis set himself on fire in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the military junta of Georgios Papadopoulos. 1991 – Ötzi, a well-preserved natural mummy of a man dating from about 3300 BC, was discovered by two German tourists in the Alps. 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. Alfonso Litta (b. 1608) William Kirby (b. 1759) Jackie Collins (d. 2015) John Turner (d. 2020) More anniversaries: September 18 September 19 September 20

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Int'l Talk Like a Pirate Day

Has been moved to the "fictional" section and back again. It is indeed "whimsical" and ironic, but is also celebrated by real people, and so cannot be classed as a fictional holiday. An example of a truly fictional holiday would be Terry Pratchett's Hogswatch Day. --Spudtater 15:41, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

George Washington's farewell

it is a common misconception that Washington actually read his farewell address. It was actually printed in newspapers as an open letter to the American public. (Unsigned comment by 156.33.70.17)

Good catch, thanks. -- Jim Douglas 20:01, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Emoticons

I don't get why the 1982 invention of the :-) and :-( emoticons was deleted as "non-notable". How are we defining "notable" here? A quick web search turns up dozens of reliable, published sources that discuss this event (e.g. , , , and ). Like it or not, Fahlman's 19 September 1982 bulletin board post had a lasting effect on informal written communication, and it continues to receive significant coverage 26 years later. :-) Polemarchus (talk) 16:09, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

International talk Like A Pirate day

Today sept 19th 2009 21st cent is indeed Talk Likke a Pirtae Day Ok, Great fun! Should be celebareted more then one day a year though! Araraghhh(whatever that means!) (dtaed PMAfternoonSat.Sept.19th200921stcent By Dr. Edson Andre' Johnson D.D.ULC>) ANDREMOI (talk) 20:21, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Births section

While reading this page, I noticed that two names in the Births section are out of chronological order. Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti (1774) should come before Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778) while Ragna Wettergreen (1864) should come before Frank Eugene (1865).SciGal (talk) 13:33, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

I went ahead and corrected the mistake. SciGal (talk) 22:20, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

1919

A.Hernandez was born in 1917 according to the link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalia_Hern%C3%A1ndez

--JFCochin (talk) 15:34, 19 September 2019 (UTC)