I was reading
this article on Talk Like a Pirate Day, and was amused at how the two guys who started it all settled on a date for it: "They selected September 19, simply because Summers had recently divorced, it was his ex-wife's birthday, and he figured 'the date was stuck in my head, and I wasn't going to do anything with it anymore.'" :-)
Interesting coincidence with Talk Like a Pirate Day being on the same date as Rosh Hashanah this year, presenting some curious possibilities, like the Avast Malkeinu, blowing the shofarrrr...