{"id":6256,"date":"2026-07-28T00:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=6256"},"modified":"2025-12-14T21:39:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T02:39:26","slug":"birthdays-264","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=6256","title":{"rendered":"Birthdays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Natalie Babbitt<\/b> (born Dayton, Ohio, 1932; died Hamden, Connecticut, October 31, 2016) was a children\u2019s author and illustrator. She wrote at least twenty books and illustrated at least four books by other authors. She won a 1971 Newbery Honor Award for Kneeknock Rise<\/i>. Tuck Everlasting, <\/i>published in 1975,\u00a0is a novel for the ages.<\/p>\n

Thomas Heyward<\/b> (born near Beaufort, South Carolina, 1746; died Old House, South Carolina, March 6, 1809) signed the Declaration of Independence. Representing South Carolina, he was at first reluctant to break away from Great Britain. However, in the end he voted for independence. He was captured by the British, and he was imprisoned in Saint Augustine, Florida, until 1781. His plantation was plundered, and the British captured his slaves and sold them to sugar plantations in Jamaica. Children could learn more at: Thomas Heyward<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Jacqueline

Jacqueline Kennedy<\/p><\/div>\n

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis<\/b> (born Southampton, New York, 1929; died New York, New York, May 19, 1994) was America’s First Lady from January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963. She was the wife of John Kennedy, thirty-fourth president of the United States. She brought back elegance to the White House, and she became very popular throughout the world. After Kennedy was assassinated, she and their two children moved to New York City. In 1968 she married Aristotle Onassis, a Greek shipping tycoon. He died in 1975. Children could visit a website at: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Helen Beatrix Potter<\/b> (born London, England, 1866; died Sawrey, Lancashire, England, December 22, 1943) was a writer and illustrator. She is famous for her Peter Rabbit<\/i> books. She wrote 25 books, featuring characters such as Squirrel, Nutkin and Tom Kitten. She wrote the stories originally to please the children of a dear friend. Children could read and enjoy some of her works at: Project Gutenberg<\/a>. They can also learn more at:\u00a0Helen Beatrix Potter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Natalie Babbitt (born Dayton, Ohio, 1932; died Hamden, Connecticut, October 31, 2016) was a children\u2019s author and illustrator. She wrote at least twenty books and illustrated at least four books by other authors. She won a 1971 Newbery Honor Award for Kneeknock Rise. Tuck Everlasting, published in 1975,\u00a0is a novel for the ages. Thomas Heyward […]<\/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":[5750,5749,6308,5747,5748],"class_list":["post-6256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays","tag-helen-beatrix-potter","tag-jacqueline-bouvier-kennedy-onassis","tag-july-28-birthdays","tag-natalie-babbitt","tag-thomas-heyward","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\/6256","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=6256"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29589,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6256\/revisions\/29589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}