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W1 | 29 Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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) 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 Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) Ntl Hobby Month IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Doable Wednesday | 2 We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS National Buffet Day Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska 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 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 New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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. Interesting Tuesday | 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. Doable Wednesday | 9 Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT 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 National Milk Day We remember Claude Nobs Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 12 Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Eco-Friendly Sunday | 13 Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY St. Knut's Day, Sweden Traditionally the coldest day of the year. We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 14 Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) 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) Interesting Tuesday | 15 Strawberry Ice Cream Day Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING 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. Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Ntl Good Teen Day We remember "singer" Aliyah. Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 18 Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 19 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 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 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 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 We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Chinese New Year Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Doable Wednesday | 23 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 National Pie Day (Food) TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards 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 Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS National Irish Coffee Day Thank Your Mentor Day We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 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) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 27 We remember MOZART (1756) National Chocolate Cake Day Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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). Interesting Tuesday | 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 Doable Wednesday | 30 Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 31 King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON New Album: All Monsters Are Human (K. Michelle) Pleasant Friday | 1 Islam Faith: Hijab Day Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI National Freedom Day 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 Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month Investment Saturday | |||