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W1 | 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 We remember Barbara Walters (d.2022) Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 31 Kwanzaa (Kuumba/Creativity); New Year's Eve We remember Donna 'singer' Summer (12/31/48-5/17/12); John Denver (12/31/1943 – 10/12/1997); Natalie 'singer' Cole; Betty 'actress' White (d.2021); Anita 'singer' Pointer (d. 2022) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 1 Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Ntl Hobby Month Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. | 2 Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS National Buffet Day We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Doable Wednesday It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family! | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska Anticipating Thursday It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family! | 4 Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Pleasant Friday | 5 National Whipped Cream Day Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 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 Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 7 We remember Sidney Poiter (d. 2022); Adam "Eight is Enough" Rich (d. 2023). Ethopia's Christmas Day celebration Who created the Wall Street Journal? Click here to find out. 1st US President Election (1789) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 8 Name the person who created a bronze image of Martin Luther King. Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. We remember Elvis Presley 1/8/35-8/16/77; Denise Lasalle 7/16/39 - 1/8/2018. Interesting Tuesday | 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). Doable Wednesday | 10 We remember David Bowie Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART Anticipating Thursday | 11 National Milk Day Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? We remember Claude Nobs Pleasant Friday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 13 We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Traditionally the coldest day of the year. St. Knut's Day, Sweden Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 14 We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) National Dress Up Your Pet Day 2nd Sunday (January): End of our Global December Festive Holiday-Traditions theme activity. Theme should really end Feb. 3, yearly after Candlemas Day (Feb. 2) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 15 Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Strawberry Ice Cream Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Interesting Tuesday | 16 Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Ntl Good Teen Day Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 We remember "singer" Aliyah. Doable Wednesday | 17 We remember Benjamin Franklin National Racial Healing Day Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE Anticipating Thursday | 18 Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Pleasant Friday | 19 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 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS National Popcorn Day Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 How did DC get its name? National DJ Day World Religion Day National Day of Patriotism We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 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 New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast Rare Super Blood Moon | 22 Chinese New Year Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Interesting Tuesday | 23 National Pie Day (Food) 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Doable Wednesday | 24 Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI National School Choice Week (1/24-30) We remember James Farentino Anticipating Thursday | 25 Thank Your Mentor Day Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) National Irish Coffee Day Pleasant Friday | 26 National Spouses Day AUSTRALIA DAY REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA) Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS We remember Robert Hegyes Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 27 We remember MOZART (1756) Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON National Chocolate Cake Day Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 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), Cicely Tyson (d.2021). New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 30 Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Doable Wednesday | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Anticipating Thursday We remember Harold Bradley (d. 2019). | 1 We remember Langston Hughes d.1967; Rick James d. 2004; Don Cornelius d. 2012; Sherman Hemsley d. 2012; Dennis Edwards d. 2018; Marc 'Simpsons' writer Wilmore d. 2021; Lisa Marie Presley d. 2022 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month Islam Faith: Hijab Day William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) National Freedom Day Pleasant Friday In Theatres: Miss Bala | 2 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; Danny 'James Brown's Emcee' Ray Happy Birthday, SHAKIRA/CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Investment Saturday | |||