{"id":771,"date":"2007-06-25T23:15:10","date_gmt":"2007-06-26T04:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=771"},"modified":"2007-06-25T23:15:10","modified_gmt":"2007-06-26T04:15:10","slug":"birthday-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=771","title":{"rendered":"birthday info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m feeling a little sleepy tonight (at least that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m guessing I should pick up from dozing off in front of Trader Joe&#8217;s after dinner and then again in front of the tv), so I thought I&#8217;d be lazy and just post a meme that <a href=\"http:\/\/bassetknitter.blogspot.com\/\">Paula<\/a> tagged me for over the weekend:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The rules:<\/strong> You go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\">Wikipedia<\/a> and type in your birthday (only month &#038; day). Then you write down 3 events, 2 births, 1 holiday, and then you tag 5 friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>1843<\/em> &#8211; The event that inspired the song &#8220;Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!&#8221; is held.<\/li>\n<li><em>1859<\/em> &#8211; Oregon [where I was born in the following century] admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.<\/li>\n<li><em>1984<\/em> &#8211; British ice dance team Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean win gold at the Olympic Games in Sarajevo for their free dance &#8220;Bolero.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Births<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>1894<\/em> &#8211; Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)<\/li>\n<li><em>1934<\/em> &#8211; Florence Henderson, American actress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Holiday<\/strong> (I opted against the obvious Valentine&#8217;s Day)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bulgaria &#8211; Trifon Zarezan (Wine-grower\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No one asked, but the following deaths also occured on my birthday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>1975<\/em> &#8211; P. 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