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W1 | 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 Eco-friendly Sunday | 1 IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Ntl Hobby Month TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) New Monday | 2 Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS National Buffet Day Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Interesting Tuesday | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska Doable Wednesday | 4 Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). 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 We remember Sidney Poiter (d. 2022); Adam "Eight is Enough" Rich (d. 2023). Ethopia's Christmas Day celebration Who created the Wall Street Journal? Click here to find out. 1st US President Election (1789) 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 Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT Interesting Tuesday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Doable Wednesday | 11 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? We remember Claude Nobs Anticipating Thursday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Pleasant Friday | 13 We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. St. Knut's Day, Sweden Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 14 Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN 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) Eco-friendly Sunday | 15 Strawberry Ice Cream Day Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday New Monday | 16 We remember "singer" Aliyah. Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Ntl Good Teen Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day 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 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH Anticipating Thursday | 19 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS 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 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Pleasant Friday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National DJ Day World Religion Day How did DC get its name? National Day of Patriotism Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 21 National Hug Day Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN. We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019) Eco-friendly Sunday | 22 Chinese New Year Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 New Monday | 23 TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 National Pie Day (Food) 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Interesting Tuesday | 24 Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI National School Choice Week (1/24-30) We remember James Farentino 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 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 Pleasant Friday | 27 National Chocolate Cake Day Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON We remember MOZART (1756) Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 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 Eco-friendly Sunday | 29 Name the 1st person to sing gospel @ the Apollo Theater National Corn Chip Day and Puzzle Day 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 We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Interesting Tuesday | 31 King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON Doable Wednesday | 1 Islam Faith: Hijab Day Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI 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) National Freedom Day 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 | |||