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W1 | 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) Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 1 Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Ntl Hobby Month Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. | 2 We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia National Buffet Day Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Doable Wednesday It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family! | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska Anticipating Thursday It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family! | 4 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI Pleasant Friday | 5 National Whipped Cream Day Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 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 Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 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) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 8 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. Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. Interesting Tuesday | 9 Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Doable Wednesday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Anticipating Thursday | 11 Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD We remember Claude Nobs National Milk Day Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? Pleasant Friday | 12 Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 13 Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. St. Knut's Day, Sweden Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN National Dress Up Your Pet Day We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 15 Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Strawberry Ice Cream Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Interesting Tuesday | 16 Ntl Good Teen Day We remember "singer" Aliyah. Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating Thursday | 18 Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Pleasant Friday | 19 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 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 National Popcorn Day Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 World Religion Day Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National Day of Patriotism How did DC get its name? We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National DJ Day Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 21 National Hug Day We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019) Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN. New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast Rare Super Blood Moon | 22 We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Chinese New Year Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Interesting Tuesday | 23 National Pie Day (Food) 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Doable Wednesday | 24 We remember James Farentino Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Anticipating Thursday | 25 We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS National Irish Coffee Day Thank Your Mentor Day Pleasant Friday | 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 27 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 We remember MOZART (1756) National Chocolate Cake Day Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 30 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). Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Doable Wednesday | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Anticipating Thursday We remember Harold Bradley (d. 2019). | 1 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 National Freedom Day Islam Faith: Hijab Day William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI Pleasant Friday In Theatres: Miss Bala | 2 Happy Birthday, SHAKIRA/CHRISTIE BRINKLEY 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 Investment Saturday | |||