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W1 | 27 Happy Birthday, JOHN AMOS World Bank Created (1945) Kwanzaa: (Kujich Aquilia/Self-Determination) We remember Yusef Lateef; Carrie Fisher. Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 Festival of Fools, Spain We remember Debbie Reynolds; Charles Neville (b. 1938). Kwanzaa: (Ujima/Collective Work/Responsibility) Happy Birthday, DENZEL WASHINGTON/JOHN LEGEND/SETH MEYERS National Quilter's Day New Monday | 29 Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Interesting Tuesday | 30 Happy Birthday, TYRESE/SHERYL LEE RALPH/ANDRA DAY Kwanzaa: (Nia/Purpose) Who created the new age of American music with this song, "Rock Around the Clock". 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 IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) Ntl Hobby Month Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Pleasant Friday | 2 Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) National Buffet Day 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 1st US President Election (1789) We remember Sidney Poiter (d. 2022); Adam "Eight is Enough" Rich (d. 2023). Ethopia's Christmas Day celebration 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. Name the person who created a bronze image of Martin Luther King. Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. Pleasant Friday | 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). Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Eco-Friendly Sunday | 11 We remember Claude Nobs Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? National Milk Day Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD New Monday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Interesting Tuesday | 13 Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. St. Knut's Day, Sweden 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) National Dress Up Your Pet Day We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) 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 Ntl Good Teen Day Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE We remember "singer" Aliyah. Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 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 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 18 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH New Monday | 19 National Popcorn Day 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 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 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 Interesting Tuesday International Religious Celebration: Epiphany (2021) | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National DJ Day World Religion Day How did DC get its name? We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National Day of Patriotism Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 22 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Chinese New Year We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Pleasant Friday | 23 TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards National Pie Day (Food) 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 24 We remember James Farentino Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 25 Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS Thank Your Mentor Day National Irish Coffee Day We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) New Monday | 26 Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS National Spouses Day AUSTRALIA DAY REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA) We remember Robert Hegyes Interesting Tuesday | 27 Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 National Chocolate Cake Day We remember MOZART (1756) Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Doable Wednesday | 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). Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 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). Pleasant Friday | 30 Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Investment Saturday | |||
W6 | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 1 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) National Freedom Day Islam Faith: Hijab Day Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month 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 New Monday | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 3 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 Where is the 1st statue of a black and for whom? 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 two students who created a world wide religion Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN Name the creator of Kwanzaa in America. We remember actor Kevin Conway (d. 2020); Christopher Plummer (d. 2021) Pleasant Friday | 6 Happy Birthday, State of MASSACHUSETTS/ZSA ZSA GABOR/MIKE'actor'FARRELL/ROBERT TOWNSEND We remember former pres. Ronald Reagan, 1911 Name the 1st black male to host a national talk show. WAITANGI DAY/NEW ZEALAND DAY Berlin Film Festival (2/6-16) We remember Bob Marley 2/6/1945-5/9/1981; Natalie Cole Investment Saturday | |||