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• 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)
• Kwanzaa (Kuumba/Creativity); New Year's Eve
• Neighborly Eco-friendly Sunday		1
• We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022)
• TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel)
• Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast)
• IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations
• Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year.
• Ntl Hobby Month
• Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE
• Neighborly New Monday		2
• Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA
• Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia
• Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS
• We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926)
• National Buffet Day
• Interesting Tuesday		3
• Happy Birthday, State of Alaska
• William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624)
• Doable Wednesday		4
• Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI
• We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021).
• Anticipating Thursday		5
• Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER
• National Whipped Cream Day
• Neighborly Pleasant Friday		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
• Investment Saturday
• Three Kings Day
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• 1st US President Election (1789)
• Who created the Wall Street Journal? Click here to find out.
• We remember Sidney Poiter (d. 2022); Adam "Eight is Enough" Rich (d. 2023).
• Ethopia's Christmas Day celebration
• Neighborly Eco-friendly Sunday		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.
• Neighborly New Monday		9
• Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT
• Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913
• We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020).
• Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR
• Neighborly Interesting Tuesday		10
• Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART
• We remember David Bowie
• Neighborly Doable Wednesday		11
• National Milk Day
• Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling?
• Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD
• We remember Claude Nobs
• Anticipating Thursday		12
• Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration
• Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE
• Neighborly Pleasant Friday		13
• St. Knut's Day, Sweden
• Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY
• Traditionally the coldest day of the year.
• We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010.
• Investment Saturday
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• We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013)
• Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN
• National Dress Up Your Pet Day
• Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014)
• 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)
• Neighborly Eco-friendly Sunday		15
• Strawberry Ice Cream Day
• Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING
• Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday
• Neighborly New Monday		16
• Ntl Good Teen Day
• Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776
• Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset.
• Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day
• We remember "singer" Aliyah.
• Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE
• Neighborly Interesting Tuesday		17
• We remember James Earl Jones (b. 1931); Betty White; Benjamin Franklin.
• Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE
• National Racial Healing Day
• Neighborly Doable Wednesday		18
• What year was prayer taken out of the public schools?
• Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH
• Anticipating Thursday		19
• Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS
• Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788
• 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
• National Popcorn Day
• Neighborly Pleasant Friday		20
• ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024
• We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley.
• National DJ Day
• World Religion Day
• How did DC get its name?
• Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY
• National Day of Patriotism
• Investment Saturday
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• National Hug Day
• Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN.
• We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019)
• Neighborly Eco-friendly Sunday		22
• We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964
• Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF
• Chinese New Year
• Neighborly New Monday		23
• TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards
• 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
• Neighborly Interesting Tuesday		24
• We remember James Farentino
• Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI
• National School Choice Week (1/24-30)
• Neighborly Doable Wednesday		25
• National Irish Coffee Day
• We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023)
• Thank Your Mentor Day
• Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS
• Anticipating Thursday		26
• Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS
• National Spouses Day
• AUSTRALIA DAY
• REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA)
• We remember Robert Hegyes
• Neighborly Pleasant Friday		27
• Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961
• We remember MOZART (1756)
• Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON
• National Chocolate Cake Day
• Investment Saturday
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• Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901
• We remember daytime soap actress Marj Dusay (d. 2020), Cicely Tyson (d.2021).
• Happy Birthday, ANTHONY HAMILTON/THE DREAM/J-COLE/RAKIM/RICK ROSS/ALAN ALDA/MONIFA CARTER
• Neighborly Eco-friendly Sunday		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
• Neighborly New Monday		30
• Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882
• 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).
• Neighborly Interesting Tuesday		31
• King Stitt d. 1/31/2012
• Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON
• Neighborly Doable Wednesday		1
• Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI
• 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
• William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624)
• National Freedom Day
• Islam Faith: Hijab Day
• Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month
• Anticipating Thursday		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
• Neighborly Pleasant Friday		3
• Where is the 1st statue of a black and for whom?
• Happy Birthday YOUNG M.A
• We remember Ben Gazzara; Maurice White; Dennis Edwards (b. 1943). co-producer Gene Reynolds (d. 2020); actor Kirk Douglas (d. 2020).
• Investment Saturday