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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 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 New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 1 Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Ntl Hobby Month We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. | 2 Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) National Buffet Day Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Doable Wednesday It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family! | 3 Happy Birthday, State of Alaska William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family! Anticipating Thursday | 4 Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Pleasant Friday | 5 National Whipped Cream Day Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 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 Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 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. Interesting Tuesday | 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 Doable Wednesday | 10 We remember David Bowie Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART Anticipating Thursday | 11 We remember Claude Nobs Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD National Milk Day Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? Pleasant Friday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 13 We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY St. Knut's Day, Sweden Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 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) National Dress Up Your Pet Day Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 15 Strawberry Ice Cream Day Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Interesting Tuesday | 16 Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE We remember "singer" Aliyah. Ntl Good Teen Day Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating Thursday | 18 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH Pleasant Friday | 19 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 National Popcorn Day 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 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 National DJ Day Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National Day of Patriotism World Religion Day How did DC get its name? We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 21 Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN. National Hug Day We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019) 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 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 National Pie Day (Food) Doable Wednesday | 24 Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI We remember James Farentino National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Anticipating Thursday | 25 Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS Thank Your Mentor Day We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) National Irish Coffee Day Pleasant Friday | 26 Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS National Spouses Day AUSTRALIA DAY REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA) We remember Robert Hegyes Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 27 Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON National Chocolate Cake Day We remember MOZART (1756) Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 28 Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 We remember daytime soap actress Marj Dusay (d. 2020), Cicely Tyson (d.2021). 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 Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India Doable Wednesday | 31 King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON Anticipating Thursday We remember Harold Bradley (d. 2019). | 1 Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month Islam Faith: Hijab Day Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI National Freedom Day 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 In Theatres: Miss Bala Pleasant Friday | 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 | |||