|
||||||||||
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | ||||
W1 | 26 Kwanzaa begins (Umoja/Unity)(African American Tradition) Happy Birthday, KENDRA JOHNSON/KIANA DANCIE/KORYN HAWTHORNE We remember Bernie Wilson d. 12/26; Teena Marie (d.) dob 3/5/56 Boxing Day/St.Stephen's Day (Global) Eco-friendly Sunday | 27 Kwanzaa: (Kujich Aquilia/Self-Determination) We remember Yusef Lateef; Carrie Fisher. World Bank Created (1945) Happy Birthday, JOHN AMOS New Monday | 28 Kwanzaa: (Ujima/Collective Work/Responsibility) Happy Birthday, DENZEL WASHINGTON/JOHN LEGEND/SETH MEYERS Festival of Fools, Spain National Quilter's Day We remember Debbie Reynolds; Charles Neville (b. 1938). Interesting Tuesday | 29 Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Doable Wednesday | 30 Happy Birthday, TYRESE/SHERYL LEE RALPH/ANDRA DAY Kwanzaa: (Nia/Purpose) Who created the new age of American music with this song, "Rock Around the Clock". We remember Barbara Walters (d.2022) Anticipating Thursday | 31 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 Pleasant Friday | 1 IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Ntl Hobby Month TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 2 National Buffet Day Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Eco-friendly Sunday | 3 Happy Birthday, State of Alaska William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) New Monday | 4 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI Interesting Tuesday | 5 National Whipped Cream Day Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER Doable Wednesday | 6 Happy Birthday, State of NEW MEXICO/JULIE CHEN The cutting of "Le Gateau des Rois" ends Canadian festive holiday FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY/Little Christmas Anticipating Thursday | 7 Who created the Wall Street Journal? Click here to find out. 1st US President Election (1789) We remember Sidney Poiter (d. 2022); Adam "Eight is Enough" Rich (d. 2023). Ethopia's Christmas Day celebration Pleasant Friday | 8 Name the person who created a bronze image of Martin Luther King. We remember Elvis Presley 1/8/35-8/16/77; Denise Lasalle 7/16/39 - 1/8/2018. Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 9 Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Eco-friendly Sunday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie New Monday | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Doable Wednesday | 13 Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. St. Knut's Day, Sweden Anticipating Thursday | 14 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) We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN Pleasant Friday | 15 Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Strawberry Ice Cream Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 16 Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Ntl Good Teen Day Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. We remember "singer" Aliyah. Eco-friendly Sunday | 17 We remember Benjamin Franklin Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE National Racial Healing Day New Monday | 18 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH Interesting Tuesday | 19 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS 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 Doable Wednesday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National DJ Day How did DC get its name? We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National Day of Patriotism World Religion Day Anticipating Thursday | 21 Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN. National Hug Day We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019) Pleasant Friday | 22 Chinese New Year Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 23 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 National Pie Day (Food) TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON Eco-friendly Sunday | 24 Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI We remember James Farentino National School Choice Week (1/24-30) New Monday | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 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 Doable Wednesday | 27 We remember MOZART (1756) National Chocolate Cake Day Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Anticipating Thursday | 28 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). Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 Pleasant Friday | 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W6 | 30 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), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Eco-friendly Sunday | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 New Monday | 1 Islam Faith: Hijab Day Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month 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 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI Interesting Tuesday Chinese New Year | 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; Danny 'James Brown's Emcee' Ray Doable Wednesday | 3 Happy Birthday YOUNG M.A Where is the 1st statue of a black and for whom? We remember Ben Gazzara; Maurice White; Dennis Edwards (b. 1943). co-producer Gene Reynolds (d. 2020); actor Kirk Douglas (d. 2020). Anticipating Thursday | 4 Thank-A-Letter Mail Carrier Day We remember Rosa Lee Parks (1913); Unofficial Rosa Parks Day; Conrad Brian (b. 1923) Happy Birthday JEREMY RENNER, TABITHA BROWN, NICOLLE WALLACE Pleasant Friday | 5 We remember actor Kevin Conway (d. 2020); Christopher Plummer (d. 2021) Name the two students who created a world wide religion Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN Name the creator of Kwanzaa in America. Investment Saturday | |||