{"id":162,"date":"2007-07-10T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-10T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/MamaOKnits\/2007\/07\/10\/birthday-meme\/"},"modified":"2007-07-10T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-10T17:42:00","slug":"birthday-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/birthday-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Meme!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:arial;\" >I&#8217;ve been tagged by <a href=\"http:\/\/singsurfknit.wordpress.com\/2007\/07\/06\/birthday-meme\/\">RogueTess<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.onetoomanyprojects.com\/\">OneTwoManyProjects<\/a>. This one doesn&#8217;t require too much effort apart from deciding which three events you deem worthy of mentioning. I think I&#8217;ll be tagging <a href=\"http:\/\/naptimeknitter.blogspot.com\/\">NaptimeKnitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/accordiongirl.blogspot.com\/\">AccordionGirl<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/agathon-sbh.blogspot.com\/\">Agathon<\/a> but if you feel like playing along, here&#8217;s what to do: go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipedia.com\/\">Wikipedia<\/a> and type in your birth date (omitting the year). Then share with us (at least) 3 events, two births, and one holiday that share your special day. It&#8217;s easy and fun and we might just learn a thing or two&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:arial;\" ><\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:arial;\" ><span style=\";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Here&#8217;s mine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\">EVENTS:<\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"62\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1260\" title=\"1260\">1260<\/a> &#8211; <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"63\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kublai_Khan\" title=\"Kublai Khan\">Kublai Khan<\/a> becomes ruler of the <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"64\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mongol_Empire\" title=\"Mongol Empire\">Mongol Empire<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a linkindex=\"81\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1809\" title=\"1809\">1809<\/a> &#8211; <a linkindex=\"82\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Kies\" title=\"Mary Kies\">Mary Kies<\/a> becomes the first woman awarded a <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"83\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S.\" title=\"U.S.\">U.S.<\/a> <a linkindex=\"84\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patent\" title=\"Patent\">patent<\/a>, for a technique of <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"85\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Weaving\" title=\"Weaving\">weaving<\/a><a linkindex=\"86\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Straw\" title=\"Straw\">straw<\/a> with <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"87\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silk\" title=\"Silk\">silk<\/a> and <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"88\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yarn\" title=\"Yarn\">thread<\/a>. (YOU GO GIRL!)<\/li>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"125\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1891\" title=\"1891\">1891<\/a> &#8211; The <a linkindex=\"126\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Music_Hall\" title=\"Music Hall\">Music Hall<\/a> in <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"127\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\" title=\"New York City\">New York<\/a> (now known as <a linkindex=\"128\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carnegie_Hall\" title=\"Carnegie Hall\">Carnegie Hall<\/a>) has its grand opening and first public performance, with <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"129\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky\" title=\"Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\">Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky<\/a> as the guest conductor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(It was r<span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">eally hard to pick! Of course, Cinco de Mayo* is kinda ubiquitous, but Gandhi was freed from prison, a stock market crash in the late 1800s started&#8230;lotsa cool stuff!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">BIRTHS:<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:arial;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" ><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"257\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1813\" title=\"1813\">1813<\/a> &#8211; <a linkindex=\"258\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard\" title=\"S\u00c3\u00b8ren Kierkegaard\">S\u00c3\u00b8ren Kierkegaard<\/a>, Danish philosopher (d. <a linkindex=\"259\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1855\" title=\"1855\">1855<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"260\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1818\" title=\"1818\">1818<\/a> &#8211; <a linkindex=\"261\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Marx\" title=\"Karl Marx\">Karl Marx<\/a>, German political philosopher (d. <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"262\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1883\" title=\"1883\">1883<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:arial;\" ><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  >HOLIDAY:<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"609\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Midwives_Day\" title=\"International Midwives Day\">International Midwives Day<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:arial;\" ><br \/><\/span><a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"98\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1862\" title=\"1862\">*1862<\/a> &#8211; <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"99\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinco_de_Mayo\" title=\"Cinco de Mayo\">Cinco de Mayo<\/a> in <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"100\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexico\" title=\"Mexico\">Mexico<\/a>: Troops led by <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"101\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ignacio_Zaragoza\" title=\"Ignacio Zaragoza\">Ignacio Zaragoza<\/a> halt a <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"102\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/France\" title=\"France\">French<\/a> <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"103\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion\" title=\"Invasion\">invasion<\/a> in the <a set=\"yes\" linkindex=\"104\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Puebla\" title=\"Battle of Puebla\">Battle of Puebla<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been tagged by RogueTess via OneTwoManyProjects. This one doesn&#8217;t require too much effort apart from deciding which three events you deem worthy of mentioning. I think I&#8217;ll be tagging NaptimeKnitter, AccordionGirl, and Agathon but if you feel like playing along, here&#8217;s what to do: go to Wikipedia and type in your birth date (omitting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}