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W1 | 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) Eco-friendly Sunday | 1 TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Ntl Hobby Month Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) New Monday | 2 National Buffet Day We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Interesting Tuesday | 3 Happy Birthday, State of Alaska William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Doable Wednesday | 4 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI Anticipating Thursday | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day Pleasant Friday | 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 Investment Saturday Three Kings Day | |||
W2 | 7 1st US President Election (1789) 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 Eco-friendly Sunday | 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. New Monday | 9 We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Interesting Tuesday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Doable Wednesday | 11 Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? We remember Claude Nobs National Milk Day Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD Anticipating Thursday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Pleasant Friday | 13 Traditionally the coldest day of the year. We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY St. Knut's Day, Sweden Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 14 We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) 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) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN Eco-friendly Sunday | 15 Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Strawberry Ice Cream Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday New Monday | 16 Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 We remember "singer" Aliyah. Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Ntl Good Teen Day Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Interesting Tuesday | 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 Doable Wednesday | 18 Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 How did DC get its name? National DJ Day We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY World Religion Day National Day of Patriotism Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 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 Eco-friendly Sunday | 22 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Chinese New Year We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 New Monday | 23 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON National Pie Day (Food) TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Interesting Tuesday | 24 National School Choice Week (1/24-30) We remember James Farentino Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI Doable Wednesday | 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) Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 27 We remember MOZART (1756) Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 National Chocolate Cake Day Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 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). Eco-friendly Sunday | 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). New Monday | 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). Interesting Tuesday | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Doable Wednesday | 1 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI 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 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 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? Investment Saturday | |||