|
||||||||||
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | ||||
W1 | 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 Eco-friendly Sunday | 1 Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) Ntl Hobby Month TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. New Monday | 2 We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS National Buffet Day Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Interesting Tuesday | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska Doable Wednesday | 4 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI Anticipating Thursday | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day 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 | |||
W2 | 7 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 Eco-friendly Sunday | 8 We remember Elvis Presley 1/8/35-8/16/77; Denise Lasalle 7/16/39 - 1/8/2018. Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. Name the person who created a bronze image of Martin Luther King. 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 Interesting Tuesday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Doable Wednesday | 11 Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? We remember Claude Nobs National Milk Day Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD Anticipating Thursday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Pleasant Friday | 13 St. Knut's Day, Sweden We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 14 Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN 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) National Dress Up Your Pet Day We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) Eco-friendly Sunday | 15 Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Strawberry Ice Cream Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday New Monday | 16 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE 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. Ntl Good Teen Day Interesting Tuesday | 17 Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE National Racial Healing Day We remember Benjamin Franklin 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 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 National Popcorn Day 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 Pleasant Friday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 How did DC get its name? Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National Day of Patriotism World Religion Day National DJ Day Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 21 Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN. We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019) National Hug Day Eco-friendly Sunday | 22 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Chinese New Year New Monday | 23 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON 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 Interesting Tuesday | 24 We remember James Farentino Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Doable Wednesday | 25 Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS Thank Your Mentor Day We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) National Irish Coffee Day Anticipating Thursday | 26 National Spouses Day AUSTRALIA DAY REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA) We remember Robert Hegyes Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS Pleasant Friday | 27 Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 We remember MOZART (1756) National Chocolate Cake Day Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 28 We remember daytime soap actress Marj Dusay (d. 2020), Cicely Tyson (d.2021). Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 Happy Birthday, ANTHONY HAMILTON/THE DREAM/J-COLE/RAKIM/RICK ROSS/ALAN ALDA/MONIFA CARTER Eco-friendly Sunday | 29 Name the 1st person to sing gospel @ the Apollo Theater National Corn Chip Day and Puzzle Day Happy Birthday, OPRAH WINFREY/ADAM LAMBERT/TOM SELLECK/JUDY NORTON TAYLOR/CHARLIE WILSON/State of KANSAS/SARA GILBERT. We remember, James Ingram (d. 2019). New Monday | 30 Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Interesting Tuesday | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Doable Wednesday | 1 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) 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 National Freedom Day Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 3 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). Happy Birthday YOUNG M.A Investment Saturday | |||