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W1 | 27 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 | |||
W2 | 3 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 | |||
W3 | 10 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 | |||
W4 | 17 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 | |||
W5 | 24 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 | |||
W6 | 31 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 | |||
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