|
||||||||||
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | ||||
W1 | 27 Kwanzaa: (Kujich Aquilia/Self-Determination) World Bank Created (1945) We remember Yusef Lateef; Carrie Fisher. Happy Birthday, JOHN AMOS Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 National Quilter's Day We remember Debbie Reynolds; Charles Neville (b. 1938). Festival of Fools, Spain Kwanzaa: (Ujima/Collective Work/Responsibility) Happy Birthday, DENZEL WASHINGTON/JOHN LEGEND/SETH MEYERS New Monday | 29 Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) 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 Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Ntl Hobby Month IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Pleasant Friday | 2 Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA National Buffet Day Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 3 Happy Birthday, State of Alaska William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 4 Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). 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) Riot at the Capitol (2021) Doable Wednesday | 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) Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 8 Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. Name the person who created a bronze image of Martin Luther King. We remember Elvis Presley 1/8/35-8/16/77; Denise Lasalle 7/16/39 - 1/8/2018. Pleasant Friday | 9 Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Eco-Friendly Sunday | 11 Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? We remember Claude Nobs National Milk Day New Monday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Interesting Tuesday | 13 St. Knut's Day, Sweden Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Doable Wednesday | 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) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN 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 Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Ntl Good Teen Day We remember "singer" Aliyah. Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 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 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 18 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH New Monday | 19 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS National Popcorn Day 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 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Interesting Tuesday International Religious Celebration: Epiphany (2021) | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National Day of Patriotism Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY How did DC get its name? World Religion Day National DJ Day 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 We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Chinese New Year Pleasant Friday | 23 National Pie Day (Food) Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 24 We remember James Farentino National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI Eco-Friendly Sunday | 25 Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) National Irish Coffee Day Thank Your Mentor Day New Monday | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 27 We remember MOZART (1756) Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 National Chocolate Cake Day Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 30 Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Investment Saturday | |||
W6 | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Islam Faith: Hijab Day New Monday | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 3 Where is the 1st statue of a black and for whom? 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). 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 Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN We remember actor Kevin Conway (d. 2020); Christopher Plummer (d. 2021) Name the two students who created a world wide religion Name the creator of Kwanzaa in America. Pleasant Friday | 6 Name the 1st black male to host a national talk show. WAITANGI DAY/NEW ZEALAND DAY We remember former pres. Ronald Reagan, 1911 Happy Birthday, State of MASSACHUSETTS/ZSA ZSA GABOR/MIKE'actor'FARRELL/ROBERT TOWNSEND We remember Bob Marley 2/6/1945-5/9/1981; Natalie Cole Berlin Film Festival (2/6-16) Investment Saturday | |||