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W1 | 29 Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 1 TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) Ntl Hobby Month Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Doable Wednesday | 2 Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA National Buffet Day We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska Pleasant Friday | 4 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 8 Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. 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. Doable Wednesday | 9 Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Pleasant Friday | 11 Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? We remember Claude Nobs National Milk Day Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Eco-Friendly Sunday | 13 St. Knut's Day, Sweden We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Traditionally the coldest day of the year. New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 14 Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) 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) We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) National Dress Up Your Pet Day Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN Interesting Tuesday | 15 Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Strawberry Ice Cream Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Doable Wednesday | 16 Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE We remember "singer" Aliyah. Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Ntl Good Teen Day Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 17 National Racial Healing Day We remember Benjamin Franklin Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE Pleasant Friday | 18 Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 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 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 How did DC get its name? Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National Day of Patriotism We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. World Religion Day National DJ Day New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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. Interesting Tuesday | 22 We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Chinese New Year Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Doable Wednesday | 23 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards National Pie Day (Food) Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 24 Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI We remember James Farentino National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Pleasant Friday | 25 National Irish Coffee Day Thank Your Mentor Day We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 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 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 27 We remember MOZART (1756) Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 National Chocolate Cake Day New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 28 Happy Birthday, ANTHONY HAMILTON/THE DREAM/J-COLE/RAKIM/RICK ROSS/ALAN ALDA/MONIFA CARTER Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 We remember daytime soap actress Marj Dusay (d. 2020), Cicely Tyson (d.2021). Interesting Tuesday | 29 Happy Birthday, OPRAH WINFREY/ADAM LAMBERT/TOM SELLECK/JUDY NORTON TAYLOR/CHARLIE WILSON/State of KANSAS/SARA GILBERT. We remember, James Ingram (d. 2019). Name the 1st person to sing gospel @ the Apollo Theater National Corn Chip Day and Puzzle Day Doable Wednesday | 30 Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Pleasant Friday New Album: All Monsters Are Human (K. Michelle) | 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 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI 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) Investment Saturday | |||