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W1 | 26 Boxing Day/St.Stephen's Day (Global) Happy Birthday, KENDRA JOHNSON/KIANA DANCIE/KORYN HAWTHORNE Kwanzaa begins (Umoja/Unity)(African American Tradition) We remember Bernie Wilson d. 12/26; Teena Marie (d.) dob 3/5/56 Eco-friendly Sunday | 27 World Bank Created (1945) We remember Yusef Lateef; Carrie Fisher. Kwanzaa: (Kujich Aquilia/Self-Determination) Happy Birthday, JOHN AMOS New Monday | 28 We remember Debbie Reynolds; Charles Neville (b. 1938). Happy Birthday, DENZEL WASHINGTON/JOHN LEGEND/SETH MEYERS Festival of Fools, Spain National Quilter's Day Kwanzaa: (Ujima/Collective Work/Responsibility) Interesting Tuesday | 29 Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Doable Wednesday | 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) Anticipating Thursday | 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) Pleasant Friday | 1 Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Ntl Hobby Month Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 2 Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia National Buffet Day We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Eco-friendly Sunday | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska New Monday | 4 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI Interesting Tuesday | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day Doable Wednesday | 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 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 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. Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 9 Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Eco-friendly Sunday | 10 We remember David Bowie Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART New Monday | 11 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 National Milk Day Interesting Tuesday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Doable Wednesday | 13 We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY St. Knut's Day, Sweden Anticipating Thursday | 14 We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) 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) 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 Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Ntl Good Teen Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day We remember "singer" Aliyah. Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Eco-friendly Sunday | 17 Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE We remember Benjamin Franklin National Racial Healing Day New Monday | 18 Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Interesting Tuesday | 19 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 National Popcorn Day 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 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS Doable Wednesday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National DJ Day World Religion Day How did DC get its name? National Day of Patriotism Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 22 We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Chinese New Year Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 23 TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 National Pie Day (Food) 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON Eco-friendly Sunday | 24 National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI We remember James Farentino New Monday | 25 We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) Thank Your Mentor Day Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS National Irish Coffee Day Interesting Tuesday | 26 We remember Robert Hegyes Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS National Spouses Day AUSTRALIA DAY REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA) Doable Wednesday | 27 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON National Chocolate Cake Day Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 We remember MOZART (1756) 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 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) National Freedom Day 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 Interesting Tuesday Chinese New Year | 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 Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating Thursday | 4 We remember Rosa Lee Parks (1913); Unofficial Rosa Parks Day; Conrad Brian (b. 1923) Happy Birthday JEREMY RENNER, TABITHA BROWN, NICOLLE WALLACE Thank-A-Letter Mail Carrier Day Pleasant Friday | 5 Name the creator of Kwanzaa in America. Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN Name the two students who created a world wide religion We remember actor Kevin Conway (d. 2020); Christopher Plummer (d. 2021) Investment Saturday | |||