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- Celebrated on September 19th
- Invented in 1995 by John Baur aka "Ol' Chumbucket" and Mark Summers aka "Cap'n Slappy"
- The date is the birthday of Summers's ex-wife
- Robert Newton is the holiday's patron saint
- Observed by Pastafarians
- Celebrated as a holiday in The Sims 2
- Gained fame following a Dave Barry article
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Creation
The holiday's founders have claimed that the the idea for the Talk Like a Pirate Day came as the result of a sports injury sustained on June 6, 1995. Baur and Summers were playing raqcuetball when one of them strained a muscle and exclaimed "Aaarrr!"BeyondInvestigation: Talk Like a Pirate Day show (September 19, 2007) The two decided not to celebrate the holiday on June 6th out of respect for D Day, and instead chose the birthday of Summer's ex-wife.




