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W1 | 27 Kwanzaa: (Kujich Aquilia/Self-Determination) World Bank Created (1945) We remember Yusef Lateef; Carrie Fisher. Happy Birthday, JOHN AMOS Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 We remember Debbie Reynolds; Charles Neville (b. 1938). Kwanzaa: (Ujima/Collective Work/Responsibility) Happy Birthday, DENZEL WASHINGTON/JOHN LEGEND/SETH MEYERS Festival of Fools, Spain National Quilter's Day New Monday | 29 Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Interesting Tuesday | 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) Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 1 Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Ntl Hobby Month Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Pleasant Friday | 2 We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA National Buffet Day Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska Eco-Friendly Sunday | 4 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI New Monday | 5 National Whipped Cream Day Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER 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) Doable Wednesday Riot at the Capitol (2021) | 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. 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, State of CONNECTICUT Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 10 We remember David Bowie Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 New Monday | 12 Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Interesting Tuesday | 13 Traditionally the coldest day of the year. We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. St. Knut's Day, Sweden 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) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) National Dress Up Your Pet Day 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 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 We remember "singer" Aliyah. Ntl Good Teen Day 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 Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? 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 National DJ Day We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National Day of Patriotism How did DC get its name? Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY World Religion Day Doable Wednesday | 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. 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) TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 24 National School Choice Week (1/24-30) We remember James Farentino Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 New Monday | 26 Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS We remember Robert Hegyes National Spouses Day AUSTRALIA DAY REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA) Interesting Tuesday | 27 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON We remember MOZART (1756) National Chocolate Cake Day Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Doable Wednesday | 28 Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 We remember daytime soap actress Marj Dusay (d. 2020), Cicely Tyson (d.2021). Happy Birthday, ANTHONY HAMILTON/THE DREAM/J-COLE/RAKIM/RICK ROSS/ALAN ALDA/MONIFA CARTER 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). Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 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 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) National Freedom Day Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month Islam Faith: Hijab Day New Monday | 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 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 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 5 Name the creator of Kwanzaa in America. Name the two students who created a world wide religion Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN We remember actor Kevin Conway (d. 2020); Christopher Plummer (d. 2021) Pleasant Friday | 6 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 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 Investment Saturday | |||