{"id":2552,"date":"2026-02-06T00:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2025-12-10T16:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:47:02","slug":"birthdays-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=2552","title":{"rendered":"Birthdays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Burr<\/strong> (born Newark, New Jersey, 1756; died Staten Island, New York, September 14, 1836) was a senator and the third vice president of the United States. He ran against Thomas Jefferson for the presidency in 1800. Each received the same number of electoral votes. According to the Constitution at that time, the House of Representatives decided who was to be president, and Jefferson won. Burr was not renominated in 1804, and he did not win the governorship of New York. Burr blamed Alexander Hamilton for these losses and challenged Hamilton to a duel. Burr killed Hamilton, but Burr’s career was ruined.<\/p>\n

Betsy Duffey<\/strong> (born Atlanta, Georgia) writes books for children. Her books include Dog Diaries<\/em> and How to Be Cool in Third Grade<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Ronald Reagan<\/p><\/div>\n

Ronald Reagan<\/strong> (born Tampico, Illinois, 1911; died Bel Air, California, June 5, 2004) was the fortieth president (1981-1989) of the United States. One of his first jobs was being a radio sports announcer. He became an actor and appeared in over fifty movies. He was elected governor of California, although he had no political experience. He became president in 1980 and created the term \u201cReaganomics.\u201d Children could visit a website at: Ronald Reagan<\/a>. Idea: He was the country\u2019s oldest president when he left office. Children could debate whether there should be an age limit to the office.<\/p>\n

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Babe Ruth<\/p><\/div>\n

George Herman \u201cBabe\u201d Ruth<\/strong> (born Baltimore, Maryland, 1895; died New York, New York, August 16, 1948) was one of baseball\u2019s greatest players. Nicknamed the \u201cGreat Bambino,\u201d he was an outstanding pitcher with a record of 94 games won and 46 games lost. He was a greater batter, hitting 714 homeruns during his career. He also played in the outfield. He played for the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees, and the Boston Braves. Children could learn more at: Babe Ruth<\/a>. Idea: Children could decide whether or not Babe Ruth was the greatest baseball player of all time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aaron Burr (born Newark, New Jersey, 1756; died Staten Island, New York, September 14, 1836) was a senator and the third vice president of the United States. He ran against Thomas Jefferson for the presidency in 1800. Each received the same number of electoral votes. According to the Constitution at that time, the House of […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2144,4100,6143,4101,1048],"class_list":["post-2552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","tag-aaron-burr","tag-betsy-duffey","tag-february-6-birthdays","tag-george-herman-babe-ruth","tag-ronald-reagan","category-4-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2552"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29955,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552\/revisions\/29955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}