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W1 | 29 Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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) Interesting Tuesday | 1 Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE 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) IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Doable Wednesday | 2 Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA National Buffet Day We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 3 Happy Birthday, State of Alaska William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Pleasant Friday | 4 Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 7 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 1st US President Election (1789) Interesting Tuesday | 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. Doable Wednesday | 9 Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Pleasant Friday | 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Eco-Friendly Sunday | 13 St. Knut's Day, Sweden Traditionally the coldest day of the year. We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) National Dress Up Your Pet Day Interesting Tuesday | 15 Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Strawberry Ice Cream Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Doable Wednesday | 16 Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Ntl Good Teen Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day We remember "singer" Aliyah. Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 17 We remember Benjamin Franklin Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE National Racial Healing Day Pleasant Friday | 18 Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 19 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 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 National Popcorn Day Eco-Friendly Sunday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 National Day of Patriotism World Religion Day Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY How did DC get its name? We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National DJ Day New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 21 National Hug Day Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN. We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019) Interesting Tuesday | 22 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Chinese New Year Doable Wednesday | 23 National Pie Day (Food) TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 24 We remember James Farentino National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI Pleasant Friday | 25 We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) National Irish Coffee Day Thank Your Mentor Day Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 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 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 27 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 National Chocolate Cake Day We remember MOZART (1756) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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). Interesting Tuesday | 29 National Corn Chip Day and Puzzle Day 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). Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 31 King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON Pleasant Friday New Album: All Monsters Are Human (K. Michelle) | 1 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) 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 National Freedom Day Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month Islam Faith: Hijab Day Investment Saturday | |||