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• Minister Malcolm X meets Minister Martin l. King for the first time - 1964

• We remember Leonard"Mr.Spock"Nimoy; globetrotter Fred 'Curly' Neal (d. 2020).

• Happy Birthday ERNEST THOMAS/DIANA ROSS/STEVEN TYLER/KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

• EcoFriendly Sunday
27
• Happy Birthday, MARIAH CAREY/FERGIE/HALLE "singer" BAILEY

• We remember Sarah Vaughan 3/27/24-4/3/90

• "First Ever" National Muslim Womens' Day 3/27/2017

• Mother's Day/Mothering Sunday (UK)

• New Monday Show with Sherlene

• New Monday
28
• George I (1660)

• Happy Birthday, LADY GA-GA; KATE GOSSELIN; VINCE VAUGHN; LEDISI; BERNICE KING

• We remember Earl Scruggs

• Interesting Tuesday

• Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m.
29
• World Water Day

• We remember John Tyler (1790)

• Doable Wednesday

• It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family!
30
• Name the 1st black woman to produce rap music.

• Happy Birthday, CELINE DION/MC HAMMER

• We remember Phil Ramone

• Anticipating Thursday

• It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family!
31
• Eiffel Tower Completed (1889)

• We remember, Peggy "actress" Rea; Nathanial "actor" Taylor (b. 1938)

• Pleasant Friday
1
• U.S. Confederate Heritage Month

• Jazz Appreciation Month, Poetry Month, Military Child Appreciation Month; International Black Women's History Month; National Minority Health Month; (U.S.) Fair Housing Month; Ntl Volunteer Month

• Happy Birthday, METHOD MAN

• We remember musician & teacher Ellis Marsalis, Jr. (d. 2020)

• Hosted Theme: White/Black Mixed-Race Ethnicity Appreciation Month

• Investment Saturday
W22
• Intl Children's Book Day

• We remember MARVIN GAYE (4/2/1939-4/1/1984); Winnie Mandela d. 2018.; Traci Braxton b.

• Happy Birthday, MICHAEL FASSBENDER

• EcoFriendly Sunday
3
• Happy Birthday, EDDIE MURPHY/KELLY PRICE/ALEC BALDWIN/DAVID HYDE PIERCE/PARIS JACKSON

• We remember Sarah Vaughan 3/27/24-4/3/90; Bill Withers (d. 2020).

• New Monday

• New Monday Show with Sherlene
4
• We remember Rev. Dr. MLK, Jr. (d. 1968), Roger Ebert d. 4/4/13, Maya Angelou d. 5/28/14

• Happy Birthday, JILL SCOTT/JAMIE LYNN/DJ DAMAGE/REBA MCENTIRE/ROBERT DOWNEY JR

• 1st U. S. Flag approved, 1818

• National Equal Pay Day

• Interesting Tuesday

• Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m.
5
• We remember Cecil Taylor (d. 2018).

• Happy Birthday, "KID" CHRISTOPHER REID/PHARRELL WILLIAMS

• Doable Wednesday

• It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family!
6
• Name the 1st record company to record black music

• Who founded the Christian Science Church?

• Happy Birthday, BILLY DEE WILLIAMS/PAUL RUDD/CANDACE CAMERON-BURE

• We remember Thomas Kinkade/Mickey Rooney/Don Rickles/Earl Graves Sr (d. 2019)

• Anticipating Thursday

• It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family!
7
• Happy Birthday RUSSELL CROWE

• World Health Day

• National No Housework Day

• We remember Mike Wallace/Billie Holiday/Lilly Pulitzer

• Why do churches place a cross during Easter?

• In Theatres: Smurf: The Lost Village

• Pleasant Friday

• Monthly Blog Available: www.onlinefamilyshoppers.blogspot.com
8
• Happy Birthday, ALLU ARJUN/JOHN SCHNEIDER/AARON O'CONNELL/ROBERT L. JOHNSON

• We remember Margaret Thatcher, UK/Annette Funicello/Biz Markie

• Birthday of Buddha/Flower Festival in Japan

• Investment Saturday
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• Happy Birthday, KRISTEN STEWART/KEISHA KNIGHT PULLIAM/MICHAEL LEARNED/HUGH HEFNER/JAZMINE SULLIVAN

• America's 1st Public Library established, 1833

• We remember Prince Philip (d. 2021),

• We remember Earl 'rapper DMX' Simmons. (d. 2021)

• Prince Charles and Camilla Anniversary (Europe))

• What is communion?

• EcoFriendly Sunday

• Palm Sunday
10
• Happy Birthday, DJ Q-TIP/BABY FACE

• National Siblings Day

• National Library Week 4/10-4/16/Week of the Young Child

• We remember Yvonne Staples (d. 2018). Harry 'actor' Morgan (b. 1915)

• Encourage a Young Writer Day

• New Monday Show with Sherlene

• New Monday
11
• We remember Meshach Taylor

• Black Maternal Health Week (4/11 - 4/17)

• Happy Birthday, JOSS STONE

• National Pet Day

• Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m.

• First Day of Passover

• Interesting Tuesday
12
• We remember Jonathan Winters, Herbie Hancock, comedian Charlie Murphy.

• We remember our Civil War veterans.

• Happy Birthday, DAVID LETTERMAN

• Doable Wednesday

• It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family!
13
• Does Satan have other names?

• Songkran, Why not a fountain for a centerpiece?

• We remember Thomas Jefferson (1743)

• Happy Birthday, AL GREEN/PEABO BRYSON

• Anticipating Thursday

• It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family!
14
• What is the state of Maryland's nickname?

• Who perfected the Holy Ghost, African-religion steps?

• We remember Inez Andrews b. 4/14/1939/Jonathan Frid/Percy Sledge b. 11/25/41

• National Gardening Day

• Good Friday

• Pleasant Friday
15
• The Titanic sank 4/15/1912

• We remember Elizabeth Catlett, 4/15/1912-4/2/2012; Leonardo da Vinci (1452); Greta Garbo; Ray Clark (b. 1933); actress Brian Dennehy (d. 2020).

• Happy Birthday, SETH ROGEN/FLEX"ACTOR/COMEDIAN" ALEXANDER

• Investment Saturday
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• Name the 1st black to give a recital @ Carnegie Hall

• Happy Birthday MARTIN LAWRENCE/AKON

• EcoFriendly Sunday
17
• Name the 1st black variety talent show.

• We remember Former First Lady Barbara Bush. (d. 2018)

• We remember Valerie singer Jones (d.12/2/01)

• Happy Birthday, JENNIFER GARNER/KIMBERLY ELISE

• New Monday

• Easter Monday (Canada)

• New Monday Show with Sherlene
18
• Happy Birthday, JANE LEEVES/CONAN O'BRIEN

• Name the year of the 1st woman bishop of United Methodist Church?

• We remember DICK CLARK, 11/30/1928-4/18/2012; Doris Roberts, 11/4/1925-4/18/2016

• Interesting Tuesday

• Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m.

• Income Tax Returns Due

• Passover Ends
19
• We remember Levon Helm d.

• Revolutionary War began, 1775

• Happy Birthday, JAMES FRANCO

• Why do the women in the Nation of Islam wear white?

• Doable Wednesday

• It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family!
20
• Volunteer Appreciation Day; Husband Appreciation Day

• Why do people dress up to attend church, etc?

• We remember Luther Vandross; Cuba Gooding Sr.

• National Park Week (4/20-28)

• Happy Birthday, JOEY LAWRENCE MIGNOGNA/LARA "SAM" JILL MILLER

• Anticipating Thursday

• It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family!
21
• Happy Birthday, QUEEN ELIZABETH II 4/21/1926

• We remember Nina Simone (2/21/1933 - 4/21/ 2003); Prince (6/7/1958-4/21/2016)

• Administrative Professional's Day

• Pleasant Friday

• In Theatres: Free Fire
22
• EARTH DAY

• Family Day (South Africa)

• Isabella I (1451)

• Happy Birthday, SHERRI SHEPHARD/CATHY HUGHES/DJ DRAMA/LAURI"JULIE"HENDLER

• We remember Aaron Spelling (b); Erin actress Moran (d); Len Goodman (d. 2023)
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• National Dance Week ends 4/29

• St. George's Day

• We remember Shirley Temple/William Shakespeare

• James Buchanan (1791)

• World Book Day

• EcoFriendly Sunday
24
• Happy Birthday, BARBARA STREISAND/CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER/JEAN PAUL/KELLY CLARKSON/VALERIE BERTINELLI/LYNN HAMILTON/DEREK LUKE/DJIMON HOUNSON

• New Monday

• New Album: In Bank We Trust (Bankroll Fresh)

• New Monday Show with Sherlene

• Announcement: Last New Monday broadcast for a while, due to relocation.
25
• We remember Ella Fitzgerald (b); Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (d); BB King (b); Harold Belafonte (d. 2023)

• International: Anzac Day

• Interesting Tuesday

• Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m.
26
• Happy Birthday, CHANNING TATUM/KEVIN JAMES/CAROL BURNETT

• We remember Ma "Blues Singer" Rainey; Charles Neville (d. 2018).

• Happy Birthday Former First-Lady, Melania Trump

• Name the 1st major religious group to endorse gospel music?

• Doable Wednesday

• It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family!
27
• Happy Birthday, LIZZO.

• We remember Coretta Scott King 4/27/1927-1/30/2006

• Ulysses S. Grant (1822)

• Holocaust Remembrance Day

• It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family!

• Anticipating Thursday
28
• Happy Birthday, PENE'LOPE CRUZ/JAY LENO

• James Monroe (1758)

• Administrative Professional's Day

• Name the 1st woman to host a t.v. variety show

• Happy Birthday, My Home-State Maryland

• Album release: Strength of a Woman (Mary J. Blige)

• In Theatres: Sleight

• Pleasant Friday
29
• Royal Anniversary: Catherine & William, UK

• National Pet Parents Day

• Duke Ellington (1899)

• Horohito (1901)

• Happy Birthday, ERICA CAMPBELL (MARY/MARY)/EVE 'JAN' PLUMB/DANIEL DAY-LEWIS/MASTER P/MICHELLE PFEIFFER/JERRY SEINFELD

• We remember Otis Rush (b. 1934).
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• National Hair Stylist Appreciation Day (Year 2024)

• International Jazz Day

• National No Phone Zone Day; International Jazz Day

• Happy Birthday, State of LOUISIANA/WILLIE NELSON/CLORIS LEACHMAN/CHRISTINA HENDRICKS/DAMON DASH

• EcoFriendly Sunday
1
• Hawaii Lei Day; Primero de Mayo (Mexico)
• International Bereaved Mother's Day; May Day: Law Day; Mother Goose Day; Labor Day (Barbados)
• It's National Military Appreciation Month; Older Americans Month; Asia Pacific American Heritage Month; Mental Health Awareness Month
• We remember Chris "Kross" Kelly; Happy Birthday, TINA CAMPBELL (MARY/MARY)/HEIDI KLUM/DJ REFLEX
• Holocaust Rememberance Day begins at Sundown
• Hosted Theme: Women Appreciation Month. It is also the beginning of my summer-hours activities (May - August, yearly).
• New Monday
2
• Holocaust Rememberance Day
• Social Event: Our Annual Summer Challenge Theme Announced In May
• Happy Birthday DWAYNE JOHNSON
• National Day of Prayer
• Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m.
• Interesting Tuesday
3
• We remember James Brown (Father of Soul) 5/3/1933-12/25/2006
• Happy Birthday, KIMORA LEE SIMMONS/ANGELA BOFILL
• World Press Freedom Day
• Name the 1st black teacher in North America.
• Doable Wednesday
• It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family!
4
• Name the 1st black-owned business to host a black t.v. show
• National Teachers' Day
• Happy Birthday, MARY'actress'MCDONOUGH
• We remember Nick Ashford's birth today d./Adam Yauch 8/5/1964-5/4/12
• It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family!
• Anticipating Thursday
5
• Europe Day (celebrated today & 5/9 yearly)
• Who's 1st song was "That's All Right, Mama"?
• African World Heritage Day
• We remember Johnnie Taylor
• Urini Nal (Children's Day - S Korea)
• Japan holiday: Children's Day and Boys' Day
• Happy Birthda1y, CHRIS BROWN/ANN 'ALICE' DAVIS/ADELE/RAHEEM DEVAUGHN
• Pleasant Friday
• In Theatres: Guardians of the Galaxy
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• We remember George 'Gooper Pyle' Lindsey
• National Travel & Tourism Week (5/6 - 12)
• Provider Appreciation Day, global
• Library Day, USA
• UK: King Charles Coronation (2023)
• Happy Birthday, GABOUREY SIDIBE/GEORGE CLOONEY/LYNN WHITFIELD/ROMA DOWNEY/TOM BERGERON
• Investment Saturday