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W1 | 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) Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 1 IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Ntl Hobby Month 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) Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. | 2 Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA National Buffet Day Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Doable Wednesday It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family! | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family! Anticipating Thursday | 4 Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Pleasant Friday | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 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 Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 8 Name the person who created a bronze image of Martin Luther King. Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. We remember Elvis Presley 1/8/35-8/16/77; Denise Lasalle 7/16/39 - 1/8/2018. Interesting Tuesday | 9 Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Doable Wednesday | 10 We remember David Bowie Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART Anticipating Thursday | 11 Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? We remember Claude Nobs Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD National Milk Day Pleasant Friday | 12 Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 13 St. Knut's Day, Sweden Traditionally the coldest day of the year. We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 14 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) We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 15 Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Strawberry Ice Cream Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Interesting Tuesday | 16 Ntl Good Teen Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE We remember "singer" Aliyah. Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating Thursday | 18 Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Pleasant Friday | 19 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 National Popcorn Day Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National DJ Day World Religion Day National Day of Patriotism How did DC get its name? We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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. New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast Rare Super Blood Moon | 22 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Chinese New Year We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Interesting Tuesday | 23 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON National Pie Day (Food) Doable Wednesday | 24 Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI National School Choice Week (1/24-30) We remember James Farentino Anticipating Thursday | 25 Thank Your Mentor Day National Irish Coffee Day We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS Pleasant Friday | 26 National Spouses Day AUSTRALIA DAY REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA) Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS We remember Robert Hegyes Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 27 National Chocolate Cake Day We remember MOZART (1756) Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 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). New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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). Interesting Tuesday | 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 Doable Wednesday | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Anticipating Thursday We remember Harold Bradley (d. 2019). | 1 Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month National Freedom Day Islam Faith: Hijab 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 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) In Theatres: Miss Bala Pleasant Friday | 2 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 Happy Birthday, SHAKIRA/CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Investment Saturday | |||