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W1 | 1 Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Ntl Hobby Month We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Eco-friendly Sunday | 2 Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS National Buffet Day We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA New Monday | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska Interesting Tuesday | 4 Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Doable Wednesday | 5 National Whipped Cream Day Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 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) Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 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. Eco-friendly Sunday | 9 Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 New Monday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Interesting Tuesday | 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 Doable Wednesday | 12 Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Anticipating Thursday | 13 St. Knut's Day, Sweden Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Traditionally the coldest day of the year. We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Pleasant Friday | 14 Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN 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) National Dress Up Your Pet Day Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 15 Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Strawberry Ice Cream Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Eco-friendly Sunday | 16 Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day We remember "singer" Aliyah. Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Ntl Good Teen Day New Monday | 17 We remember Benjamin Franklin National Racial Healing Day Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE Interesting Tuesday | 18 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH Doable Wednesday | 19 National Popcorn Day Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 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 Anticipating Thursday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National DJ Day National Day of Patriotism World Religion Day How did DC get its name? Pleasant Friday | 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 22 We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Chinese New Year Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Eco-friendly Sunday Chinese New Year | 23 National Pie Day (Food) Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON 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 New Monday | 24 We remember James Farentino National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI Interesting Tuesday | 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) Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating Thursday | 27 We remember MOZART (1756) Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON National Chocolate Cake Day Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Pleasant Friday International Holocaust Remembrance Day | 28 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). Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 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 Eco-friendly Sunday | 30 Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). New Monday | 31 King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON Interesting Tuesday | 1 Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month National Freedom 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 Islam Faith: Hijab Day William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI Doable Wednesday | 2 Where was the 1st African Day parade? CANDLEMAS DAY or End of Christmas-Epiphany Season Happy Birthday, SHAKIRA/CHRISTIE BRINKLEY 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 Anticipating Thursday | 3 Happy Birthday YOUNG M.A We remember Ben Gazzara; Maurice White; Dennis Edwards (b. 1943). co-producer Gene Reynolds (d. 2020); actor Kirk Douglas (d. 2020). Where is the 1st statue of a black and for whom? Pleasant Friday | 4 Happy Birthday JEREMY RENNER, TABITHA BROWN, NICOLLE WALLACE We remember Rosa Lee Parks (1913); Unofficial Rosa Parks Day; Conrad Brian (b. 1923) Thank-A-Letter Mail Carrier Day Investment Saturday | |||