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W1 | 1 Ntl Hobby Month Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Eco-friendly Sunday | 2 We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia National Buffet Day New Monday | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska Interesting Tuesday | 4 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI Doable Wednesday | 5 National Whipped Cream Day Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 7 We remember Sidney Poiter (d. 2022); Adam "Eight is Enough" Rich (d. 2023). Ethopia's Christmas Day celebration 1st US President Election (1789) Who created the Wall Street Journal? Click here to find out. Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 8 Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. 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. Eco-friendly Sunday | 9 Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR New Monday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Interesting Tuesday | 11 Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD We remember Claude Nobs Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? National Milk Day Doable Wednesday | 12 Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Anticipating Thursday | 13 Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY St. Knut's Day, Sweden Traditionally the coldest day of the year. We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Pleasant Friday | 14 National Dress Up Your Pet Day We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 15 Strawberry Ice Cream Day Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Eco-friendly Sunday | 16 Ntl Good Teen Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE We remember "singer" Aliyah. New Monday | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 18 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH Doable Wednesday | 19 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 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS Anticipating Thursday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 National DJ Day National Day of Patriotism How did DC get its name? Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. World Religion Day Pleasant Friday | 21 We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019) National Hug Day Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN. Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 22 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Chinese New Year Eco-friendly Sunday Chinese New Year | 23 National Pie Day (Food) TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 New Monday | 24 We remember James Farentino National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI Interesting Tuesday | 25 We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS Thank Your Mentor Day National Irish Coffee Day Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating Thursday | 27 Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 We remember MOZART (1756) Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON National Chocolate Cake Day Pleasant Friday International Holocaust Remembrance Day | 28 Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 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). Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 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). Eco-friendly Sunday | 30 Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). New Monday | 31 King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON Interesting Tuesday | 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 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 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI Doable Wednesday | 2 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 Where was the 1st African Day parade? CANDLEMAS DAY or End of Christmas-Epiphany Season Happy Birthday, SHAKIRA/CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 4 We remember Rosa Lee Parks (1913); Unofficial Rosa Parks Day; Conrad Brian (b. 1923) Thank-A-Letter Mail Carrier Day Happy Birthday JEREMY RENNER, TABITHA BROWN, NICOLLE WALLACE Investment Saturday | |||