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W1 | 27 World Bank Created (1945) Happy Birthday, JOHN AMOS We remember Yusef Lateef; Carrie Fisher. Kwanzaa: (Kujich Aquilia/Self-Determination) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 Festival of Fools, Spain National Quilter's Day Kwanzaa: (Ujima/Collective Work/Responsibility) We remember Debbie Reynolds; Charles Neville (b. 1938). Happy Birthday, DENZEL WASHINGTON/JOHN LEGEND/SETH MEYERS New Monday | 29 Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Interesting Tuesday | 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) Doable Wednesday | 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) Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 1 IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Ntl Hobby Month Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Pleasant Friday | 2 National Buffet Day We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA 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 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 International Religious Celebration: Three Kings' Day (2021) Riot at the Capitol (2021) Doable Wednesday | 7 1st US President Election (1789) 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. Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 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. Pleasant Friday | 9 Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 10 We remember David Bowie Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART Eco-Friendly Sunday | 11 We remember Claude Nobs Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD National Milk Day New Monday | 12 Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Interesting Tuesday | 13 St. Knut's Day, Sweden We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Doable Wednesday | 14 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 Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 15 Strawberry Ice Cream Day Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Pleasant Friday | 16 Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. We remember "singer" Aliyah. Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Ntl Good Teen Day Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 17 National Racial Healing Day 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 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 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Interesting Tuesday International Religious Celebration: Epiphany (2021) | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 World Religion Day How did DC get its name? Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National Day of Patriotism We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National DJ Day Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 22 We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Chinese New Year Pleasant Friday | 23 National Pie Day (Food) Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 24 We remember James Farentino Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 25 National Irish Coffee Day Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) Thank Your Mentor Day New Monday | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 27 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON National Chocolate Cake Day We remember MOZART (1756) Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Doable Wednesday | 28 Happy Birthday, ANTHONY HAMILTON/THE DREAM/J-COLE/RAKIM/RICK ROSS/ALAN ALDA/MONIFA CARTER Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 We remember daytime soap actress Marj Dusay (d. 2020), Cicely Tyson (d.2021). 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 We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Investment Saturday | |||
W6 | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) National Freedom Day Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI Islam Faith: Hijab Day Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month New Monday | 2 Where was the 1st African Day parade? CANDLEMAS DAY or End of Christmas-Epiphany Season Happy Birthday, SHAKIRA/CHRISTIE BRINKLEY 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 Interesting Tuesday | 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 Doable Wednesday | 4 Happy Birthday JEREMY RENNER, TABITHA BROWN, 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 We remember actor Kevin Conway (d. 2020); Christopher Plummer (d. 2021) Name the creator of Kwanzaa in America. Name the two students who created a world wide religion Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN Pleasant Friday | 6 Berlin Film Festival (2/6-16) Happy Birthday, State of MASSACHUSETTS/ZSA ZSA GABOR/MIKE'actor'FARRELL/ROBERT TOWNSEND We remember former pres. Ronald Reagan, 1911 Name the 1st black male to host a national talk show. WAITANGI DAY/NEW ZEALAND DAY We remember Bob Marley 2/6/1945-5/9/1981; Natalie Cole Investment Saturday | |||