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W1 | 26 We remember Bernie Wilson d. 12/26; Teena Marie (d.) dob 3/5/56 Happy Birthday, KENDRA JOHNSON/KIANA DANCIE/KORYN HAWTHORNE Kwanzaa begins (Umoja/Unity)(African American Tradition) Boxing Day/St.Stephen's Day (Global) Eco-friendly Sunday | 27 Kwanzaa: (Kujich Aquilia/Self-Determination) World Bank Created (1945) Happy Birthday, JOHN AMOS We remember Yusef Lateef; Carrie Fisher. New Monday | 28 Happy Birthday, DENZEL WASHINGTON/JOHN LEGEND/SETH MEYERS Festival of Fools, Spain We remember Debbie Reynolds; Charles Neville (b. 1938). Kwanzaa: (Ujima/Collective Work/Responsibility) National Quilter's Day Interesting Tuesday | 29 Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Doable Wednesday | 30 Kwanzaa: (Nia/Purpose) Who created the new age of American music with this song, "Rock Around the Clock". Happy Birthday, TYRESE/SHERYL LEE RALPH/ANDRA DAY We remember Barbara Walters (d.2022) Anticipating Thursday | 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) Pleasant Friday | 1 Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Ntl Hobby Month We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 2 Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia National Buffet Day We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Eco-friendly Sunday | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska New Monday | 4 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI Interesting Tuesday | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day Doable Wednesday | 6 The cutting of "Le Gateau des Rois" ends Canadian festive holiday FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY/Little Christmas Happy Birthday, State of NEW MEXICO/JULIE CHEN Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 8 We remember Elvis Presley 1/8/35-8/16/77; Denise Lasalle 7/16/39 - 1/8/2018. Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. Name the person who created a bronze image of Martin Luther King. Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 9 Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT Eco-friendly Sunday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie New Monday | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Doable Wednesday | 13 We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. St. Knut's Day, Sweden Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Anticipating Thursday | 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) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) National Dress Up Your Pet Day We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN Pleasant Friday | 15 Strawberry Ice Cream Day Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 16 We remember "singer" Aliyah. Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Ntl Good Teen Day Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Eco-friendly Sunday | 17 Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE National Racial Healing Day We remember Benjamin Franklin New Monday | 18 Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Interesting Tuesday | 19 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 National Popcorn Day 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 Doable Wednesday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National Day of Patriotism World Religion Day National DJ Day How did DC get its name? Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 22 We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Chinese New Year Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 23 National Pie Day (Food) Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Eco-friendly Sunday | 24 We remember James Farentino Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI National School Choice Week (1/24-30) New Monday | 25 We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) National Irish Coffee Day Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS Thank Your Mentor Day Interesting Tuesday | 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 Doable Wednesday | 27 National Chocolate Cake Day Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 We remember MOZART (1756) Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Anticipating Thursday | 28 We remember daytime soap actress Marj Dusay (d. 2020), Cicely Tyson (d.2021). Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 Happy Birthday, ANTHONY HAMILTON/THE DREAM/J-COLE/RAKIM/RICK ROSS/ALAN ALDA/MONIFA CARTER Pleasant Friday | 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). Investment Saturday | |||
W6 | 30 Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY 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). Eco-friendly Sunday | 31 King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON New Monday | 1 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI 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 Islam Faith: Hijab Day Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month National Freedom Day Interesting Tuesday Chinese New Year | 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 Doable Wednesday | 3 Happy Birthday YOUNG M.A Where is the 1st statue of a black and for whom? We remember Ben Gazzara; Maurice White; Dennis Edwards (b. 1943). co-producer Gene Reynolds (d. 2020); actor Kirk Douglas (d. 2020). Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 5 Name the creator of Kwanzaa in America. Name the two students who created a world wide religion Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN We remember actor Kevin Conway (d. 2020); Christopher Plummer (d. 2021) Investment Saturday | |||