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• Happy Birthday, JOHN AMOS
• Kwanzaa: (Kujich Aquilia/Self-Determination)
• World Bank Created (1945)
• We remember Yusef Lateef; Carrie Fisher.
• Eco-Friendly Sunday		28
• Kwanzaa: (Ujima/Collective Work/Responsibility)
• We remember Debbie Reynolds; Charles Neville (b. 1938).
• Festival of Fools, Spain
• Happy Birthday, DENZEL WASHINGTON/JOHN LEGEND/SETH MEYERS
• National Quilter's Day
• New Monday		29
• Andrew Johnson (1808)
• Woodrow Wilson (1856)
• Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON
• Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics)
• Interesting Tuesday		30
• Kwanzaa: (Nia/Purpose)
• Who created the new age of American music with this song, "Rock Around the Clock".
• Happy Birthday, TYRESE/SHERYL LEE RALPH/ANDRA DAY
• Doable Wednesday		31
• We remember Donna Summer (12/31/48-5/17/12); John Denver (12/31/1943 – 10/12/1997); Natalie Cole.
• Kwanzaa (Kuumba/Creativity)New Year's Eve. Jan 1 Hogmanay
• Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday		1
• IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations
• Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE
• Ntl Hobby Month
• Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year.
• TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel)
• Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast)
• Pleasant Friday		2
• Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia
• Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA
• National Buffet Day
• Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS
• We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926)
• Investment Saturday
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• Happy Birthday, State of Alaska
• William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624)
• Eco-Friendly Sunday		4
• Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI
• We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021).
• New Monday		5
• Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER
• National Whipped Cream Day
• Interesting Tuesday		6
• The cutting of "Le Gateau des Rois" ends Canadian festive holiday
• FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY/Little Christmas
• Happy Birthday, State of NEW MEXICO/JULIE CHEN
• International Religious Celebration: Three Kings' Day (2021)
• Riot at the Capitol (2021)
• Doable Wednesday		7
• Happy Birthday JEREMY RENNER
• Who created the Wall Street Journal? Click here to find out.
• 1st US President Election (1789)
• Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday		8
• We remember Elvis Presley 1/8/35-8/16/77; Denise Lasalle 7/16/39 - 1/8/2018.
• Name the person who created a bronze image of Martin Luther King.
• Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO.
• Pleasant Friday		9
• Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913
• Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT
• Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR
• We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020).
• Investment Saturday
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• We remember David Bowie
• Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART
• Eco-Friendly Sunday		11
• Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling?
• National Milk Day
• Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD
• We remember Claude Nobs
• New Monday		12
• Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration
• Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE
• Interesting Tuesday		13
• We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010.
• Traditionally the coldest day of the year.
• St. Knut's Day, Sweden
• Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY
• Doable Wednesday		14
• National Dress Up Your Pet Day
• Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014)
• Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN
• We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013)
• Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday		15
• We remember Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (b.); Carol Channing (d. 2019)
• Strawberry Ice Cream Day
• Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING
• Pleasant Friday		16
• Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776
• Ntl Good Teen Day
• Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset.
• We remember "singer" Aliyah.
• Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE
• Investment Saturday
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• National Racial Healing Day
• End of our Global Family Holiday-Traditions theme activity.Theme should really end Feb. 3, yearly after Candlemas Day (Feb. 2)
• Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE
• We remember Benjamin Franklin
• Eco-Friendly Sunday		18
• What year was prayer taken out of the public schools?
• Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH
• New Monday		19
• 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862
• We remember John Johnson, Jean'actress'Stapleton, Olivia "actress" Cole 11/26/42 - 1/19/18d, James Ingram (d. 2019); musician and composer Jimmy Heath
• Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788
• National Popcorn Day
• Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS
• Interesting Tuesday
• International Religious Celebration: Epiphany (2021)		20
• We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley.
• National DJ Day
• National Day of Patriotism
• Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY
• How did DC get its name?
• Doable Wednesday		21
• We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019)
• Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN.
• National Hug Day
• Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday		22
• Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF
• We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964
• Pleasant Friday		23
• Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899
• 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977
• TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards
• National Pie Day (Food)
• Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON
• Investment Saturday
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• Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND
• National School Choice Week (1/24-30)
• We remember James Farentino
• Eco-Friendly Sunday		25
• Chinese New Year
• Thank Your Mentor Day
• Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS
• We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler Moore.
• National Irish Coffee Day
• New Monday		26
• We remember Robert Hegyes
• National Spouses Day
• AUSTRALIA DAY
• REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA)
• Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS
• Interesting Tuesday		27
• Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON
• We remember MOZART (1756)
• Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961
• National Chocolate Cake Day
• Doable Wednesday		28
• Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901
• Happy Birthday, ANTHONY HAMILTON/THE DREAM/J-COLE/RAKIM/RICK ROSS/ALAN ALDA/MONIFA CARTER
• We remember daytime soap actress Marj Dusay (d. 2020).
• Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday		29
• Name the 1st person to sing gospel @ the Apollo Theater
• Happy Birthday, OPRAH WINFREY/ADAM LAMBERT/TOM SELLECK/JUDY NORTON TAYLOR/CHARLIE WILSON/State of KANSAS/SARA GILBERT. We remember, James Ingram (d. 2019).
• National Corn Chip Day and Puzzle Day
• Pleasant Friday		30
• Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882
• Name 1st black to design a US coin.
• Death of Gandhi of India
• Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY
• We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020).
• Investment Saturday
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• King Stitt d. 1/31/2012
• Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON
• Eco-Friendly Sunday		1
• We remember Langston Hughes d. 5/22/67; Rick James 2/1/1948-8/6/2004; Don Cornelius d. 2/1/2012; Sherman Hemsley; Dennis Edwards (d. 2018)
• William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624)
• National Freedom Day
• Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, LISA MARIE PRESLEY, BIG BOI
• Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month
• New Monday		2
• Happy Birthday, SHAKIRA/CHRISTIE BRINKLEY
• Where was the 1st African Day parade?
• CANDLEMAS DAY or End of Christmas-Epiphany Season
• We remember Sylvia "Soul Food" Woods 2/2/1926-7/19/2012, Dennis "Tempations" Edwards 2/3/1943 - 2/2/2018.
• Interesting Tuesday		3
• We remember Ben Gazzara; Maurice White; Dennis Edwards (b. 1943). co-producer Gene Reynolds (d. 2020); actor Kirk Douglas (d. 2020).
• Happy Birthday YOUNG M.A
• Where is the 1st statue of a black and for whom?
• Doable Wednesday		4
• Happy Birthday, NICOLLE WALLACE
• We remember Rosa Lee Parks (1913); Unofficial Rosa Parks Day; Conrad Brian (b. 1923)
• Thank-A-Letter Mail Carrier Day
• Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday		5
• Name the creator of Kwanzaa in America.
• Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN
• We remember actor Kevin Conway (d. 2020).
• Name the two students who created a world wide religion
• Pleasant Friday		6
• We remember Bob Marley 2/6/1945-5/9/1981; Natalie Cole
• Happy Birthday, State of MASSACHUSETTS/ZSA ZSA GABOR/MIKE'actor'FARRELL/ROBERT TOWNSEND
• TV Special: Directors Guild of America Awards; Art Directors Guild Awards
• Name the 1st black male to host a national talk show.
• WAITANGI DAY/NEW ZEALAND DAY
• We remember former pres. Ronald Reagan, 1911
• Berlin Film Festival (2/6-16)
• Investment Saturday