{"id":597,"date":"2026-11-20T00:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-20T05:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=597"},"modified":"2025-12-20T21:52:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T02:52:54","slug":"birthdays-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"Birthdays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Marion Dane Bauer<\/strong> (born Oglesby, Illinois,1938) is a children\u2019s writer and a writing teacher. She has written over 80 books. Her novel <em>Rain of Fire<\/em> was awarded the 1984 Jane Addams Peace Association Award, and <em>On My Honor<\/em> received the 1987 Newbery Honor Award. Her website showcases her books and presents great writing tips: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariondanebauer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marion Dane Bauer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11234\" style=\"width: 156px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11234\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Biden.jpeg\" alt=\"Joseph Biden\" width=\"146\" height=\"182\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Biden<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Joseph Biden<\/strong> (born Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1942) was the 46th President of the United States, serving from 2021 to 2025. He was Vice President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was a US Senator representing Delaware from 1973 to 2009. Children can learn more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/administration\/president-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chester Gould<\/strong> (born Pawnee, Oklahoma, 1900; died Woodstock, Illinois, May 11, 1985) was a cartoonist. His Dick Tracy first appeared in 1931 and was eventually syndicated in one thousand newspapers. Children can become \u201ccrimestoppers\u201d at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dicktracymuseum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dick Tracy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15224\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15224\" class=\"wp-image-15224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Hubble.jpg\" alt=\"Hubble Space Telescope\" width=\"165\" height=\"166\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hubble Space Telescope<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Edwin Powell Hubble<\/strong> (born Marshfield, Missouri, 1889; died San Marino, California, September 28, 1953) was an astronomer. His theories on the expanding universe changed the course of astronomy. Children could read a brief biography at: <a href=\"https:\/\/asd.gsfc.nasa.gov\/archive\/hubble\/overview\/hubble_bio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hubble<\/a>. The Hubble Space Telescope is named after him. Children can learn about the Hubble Space Telescope at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/hubble\/main\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hubble Telescope<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selma Lagerlof<\/strong> (born Varmland Province, Sweden, 1858; died Varmland Province, Sweden, March 16, 1940) was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. She received the 1909 prize for her collection of poems. Older children can read some of her works at: <a href=\"\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Gutenberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oliver Wolcott<\/strong> (born Windsor, Connecticut, 1726; died East Windsor, Connecticut, December 1, 1797) signed the Declaration of Independence. He was a general during the Revolutionary War, and he was part of a strong team that defeated the British at the Battle of Saratoga in New York in 1777. Following the Revolutionary War, he was Connecticut\u2019s governor from 1796 until his death in December, 1797. Children can learn more about him at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/parkhistory\/online_books\/declaration\/bio55.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oliver Wolcott<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marion Dane Bauer (born Oglesby, Illinois,1938) is a children\u2019s writer and a writing teacher. She has written over 80 books. Her novel Rain of Fire was awarded the 1984 Jane Addams Peace Association Award, and On My Honor received the 1987 Newbery Honor Award. 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