Uncyclopedia:Anniversaries/September 23

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September 23: Take a Venomous Animal to Work Day

• 1143 - Pope Benedict I rejoins God after taking his wife to work.
• 1554 - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer, dies after taking a rattlesnake to work.
• 1774 - Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705) expires after taking a lionfish to work.
• 1972 - The French word "capitulate" is added to the OED (the French themselves have been using the word since 600 BC).
• 1974 - Two whole words, both alike in dignity, "Capulet" and "Montague", are added to the OED.
• 1979 - Olympics held in Wigan for the second time.
• 1986 - Ozzy "Ozzy" Osbourne catches a crazy train. Is late for work. Rioting ensues.
• 1989 - songwriter Irving Berlin dies when the platypus he brings to work strikes him with its venomous leg spines.
• 1990 - First "cow catapult" launch observed in controversial computer game "Nuclear War".
• 2002 - Revolution in Webbrowserland leads to crowning of Pheonix I by Mozilla rebels. Fighting start of Firefox War.
• 2007 - A homeless man in Australia is beaten sensless by a giant used tampon. Police reports show that the tampon was 'Carefree'.