{"id":5491,"date":"2026-06-15T00:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=5491"},"modified":"2025-12-13T18:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:08:22","slug":"birthdays-226","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=5491","title":{"rendered":"Birthdays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Edvard Grieg<\/strong> (born Bergen, Norway, 1843; died Bergen, Norway, September 4, 1907) was a Scandinavian composer and conductor. He was heavily influenced by Norwegian folk music. One of his most famous works is the <em>Peer Gynt Suite<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7d\/Rachel_Donelson_Jackson_by_Ralph_E._W._Earl.jpg\/203px-Rachel_Donelson_Jackson_by_Ralph_E._W._Earl.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel Jackson\" width=\"142\" height=\"168\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Jackson<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson<\/strong> (born Halifax County, North Carolina, 1767; died Nashville, Tennessee, December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States. She died after he was elected but before he was inaugurated. Children can visit a website at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstladies.org\/biographies\/firstladies.aspx?biography=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rachel Jackson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brian Jacques<\/strong> (born Liverpool, England, 1939; died Liverpool, England, February 5, 2011) was an author. He wrote the <em>Redwall<\/em> series and <em>The Castaways of the Flying Dutchman<\/em> series. Over 20 million copies of his books have been sold, and the works have been translated into 28 languages. Children could learn more at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/jacques-brian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Jacques<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loreen Leedy<\/strong> (born Wilmington, Delaware, 1959) has written and illustrated about 40 books for children. Her books include <em>Fraction Action<\/em> and <em>The Shocking Truth about Electricity<\/em>. Children can visit her website, especially her projects page, at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loreenleedy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Loreen Leedy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Betty Ren Wright<\/strong> (born Wakefield, Michigan, 1927; died Racine, Wisconsin, December 31, 2013) wrote\u00a0at least 35 books for children. Her works include <em>The Ghost in the Window<\/em> and <em>Nothing but Trouble<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edvard Grieg (born Bergen, Norway, 1843; died Bergen, Norway, September 4, 1907) was a Scandinavian composer and conductor. He was heavily influenced by Norwegian folk music. One of his most famous works is the Peer Gynt Suite. 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