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W1 | 26 NY City Opera: A Quiet Place Happy Birthday, SERENA WILLIAMS Eco-Friendly Sunday | 27 U.S. Dept. of Education established, 1979 We remember Don 'Soul Train' Cornelius (b.9/27/1936); Jimmy 'Rapper' Spicer (d. 2019) Native American Day or American Indian Day, includes Black Indians Happy Birthday, LIL WAYNE/GWYNETH PALTROW World Tourism Day Religious Atonement is a special time of ... New Monday | 28 Happy Birthday, HILARY DUFF/NAOMI WATTS/VERNEE WATSON-JOHNSON Good Neighbor Day We remember Ben E. King (9/28/1938-4/30/2015), Miles Davis, Agnes Nixon Statue of Liberty Dedicated Interesting Tuesday | 29 Who was the first black to serve in the DE senate? We remember actor Larry Linville; Otis Rush (d. 2018). Doable Wednesday | 30 National Black Funding Day We remember Jessye "Opera Singer" Norman (d. 2019). Happy Birthday BARRY 'TV-GREG' WILLIAMS/PATRICIA RUSHEN/CISSY HOUSTON Anticipating Thursday | 1 Bring Your Bible To School Day Hosted theme: TSB Social Event Pre-Winter Cleaning Month; It's Art and Humanities Month, Pastoral Appreciation Month, Filipino American History Month; Italian and Polish American Month, & Pizza Month Faith: Clergy Appreciation Month Country Music Month Happy Birthday, former president Jimmy Carter, NIGERIA (AFRICA); CHRISTOPHER 'PETER' KNIGHT , JURNEE SMOLLETT, HOWARD HEWETT. We remember Donny Hathaway (b. 1945); Kevin flute player Locke (d.2022) It's also National Work and Family Month. Internationally: Day of Older Persons Black History Month (U.K. Europe continent) Pleasant Friday | 2 Festival of Lights, India Mohandas Gandhi (1869) Happy Birthday, STING/MOSES GUNN/KELLY RIPA On this date: Invention of The Soul Train TV Broadcast Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 3 10/3/1956 Nat King Cole, 1st black performer to host his own show. The Obama's Wedding Anniversary We remember composer/band leader Frank Francis Johnson Happy Birthday, INDIA ARIE/Min. AL SHARPTON Eco-Friendly Sunday | 4 National Taco Day Rutherford Hayes (1822) We remember Diahann Carroll (d. 2019). Happy Birthday, RUSSELL SIMMONS New Monday | 5 World Teacher Day Tyler Perry Studios Official Anniversary (2019) Chester Arthur (1829) We remember Bernard 'Bernie Mac' McCullough (10/5/1957-8/9/2008) Happy Birthday, KATE WINSLET Interesting Tuesday | 6 Happy Birthday, LAMMAN RUCKER, THOMAS MCCLAR German-American Day Doable Wednesday | 7 Roses became the US Flower (1986) Happy Birthday, TONI BRAXTON/SIMON COWELL/NICOLE ARI PARKER/JOY BEHAR World Smile Day Anticipating Thursday | 8 Happy Birthday, NICK CANNON/MATT DAMON/CHEVY CHASE/ROBERT "KOO" BELL, KARYN PARSONS, Rev. JESSE JACKSON National Heritage Day (Turks and Caicos Islands) Pleasant Friday | 9 U.S.A. discovered (1000) Name the 1st black member of Islam? Happy Birthday, TYLER WILLIAMS; SHARON OSBOURNE; SCOTT 'actor' BAKULA. Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 10 We remember Russel Means (10/10/39-10/22/12), Solomon Burke (3/21/1940-10/10/2010) Kruger Day, Oom Paul Birthay 1st Black Parish, Baltimore, MD - 1863 Happy Birthday, TANYA TUCKER/BEN VEREEN Eco-friendly Sunday Father and Daughter Day | 11 Death of Casimer Pulaski Day (America/Polish) We remember John 'Red Foxx' Sanford 12/9/1922-10/11/1991 International Day of the Girl Happy Birthday, GEORGE JOHNSON/ZACH GALIFIANAKIS/RAPPER MC LYTE New Monday Thanksgiving (Canada) | 12 We remember Tommy "actor" Ford, Dick Gregory, Rudolph Isley (d. 2023) Name the 1st black musician to tour overseas funded by the US State Dept. Happy Birthday, HUGH JACKMAN Interesting Tuesday | 13 We remember Gary Collins d. Happy Birthday, ASHANTI/SHIRLEY CAESAR/TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN/SACHA BARON COHEN Doable Wednesday | 14 Dwight Eisenhower (1890) We remember Maxine "Motown's Etiquette" Powell (d.) Happy Birthday, LOURDES LEON/USHER Anticipating Thursday | 15 Sept 15 - Oct 15 Last Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month National I Love Lucy Day Happy Birthday, ERIC BENET/GINUWINE/KEYSHIA COLE/PENNY MARSHALL Pleasant Friday National Boss Day | 16 Kids Fest in NY City We remember Roy Hargove (b. 1969). National Friends of the Library Week (10/16-22) NATIONAL BOSS'S DAY (USA) Name the creator of the Million Man/Woman March (10/16/95). Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 17 Black Poetry Day Happy Birthday, EMINEM/YCLEF JEAN/QUEEN NAIJA National Pasta Day Eco-friendly Sunday | 18 Happy Birthday, NE YO/ESPERANZA SPALDING/ZAC EFRON/WESLEY JONATHAN/JOE MORTON; State of Alaska New Monday | 19 We remember ROBERT 'MIKE' REED (10/19/1932-4/12/1992), and Russell Means. Happy Birthday, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY Interesting Tuesday | 20 Happy Birthday, SNOOP DOG/ERIC SCOTT/MARIA DAYTIA/SUNNY HOSTIN/Vice President KAMALA HARRIS We remember Jelly Roll "Jazz Pianist" Morton Doable Wednesday Full Moon (2021) | 21 What is the name of the 1st black Holiness Church? Happy Birthday, KIM KARDASHIAN (WEST) Anticipating Thursday | 22 We remember Russell Means (10/10/39-10/22/12); Carrie Fisher b. Happy Birthday, JULIE DASH Pleasant Friday | 23 Name the 1st white, presbyterian minister who baptized blacks? National Talk Show Host Day We remember Johnny Carson (b.); Yvonne Staples (b. 1934). Happy Birthday, RYAN REYNOLDS/MEGHAN MCCAIN Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 24 We remember Sarah J. Hale (d. 1788); Sheila Stewart (d. 2013); Maureen O'Hara (d. 2015); Robert Guillaume (d. 2017); Melvin Wah Wah Waston Ragin (d. 2018), Happy Birthday, MONICA/DANIEL GLOVER/DRAKE/BILL WYMAN/ADRIENNE BAILON United Nations Day, An international peacekeeping organization. Eco-friendly Sunday | 25 We remember Pablo Picasso (1881); Fats Domino. Happy Birthday CIARA/KATY PERRY New Monday | 26 We remember Mahalia Jackson 1911-1972 Happy Birthday, PAT SAJACK; former first lady Hillary Clinton Interesting Tuesday | 27 Theodore Roosevelt (1858) Happy Birthday, KERI HILSON/LEE GREENWOOD/KELLY OSBOURNE; State of Nevada Doable Wednesday | 28 Statue of Liberty Anniversary, New York Happy Birthday, JULIA ROBERTS/BEN HARPER/TELMA HOPKINS/SHERYL UNDERWOOD Anticipating Thursday | 29 Happy Birthday, GABRIELLE UNION/TRACEE ELLIS ROSS School segregation ended on this day - 1969 We remember Al Molinaro "Happy Days ... Al Delvecchio". (d. 2015), Keith 'singer' Wilder (d. 2017), John 'comedian/actor' Witherspoon (d. 2019) Pleasant Friday | 30 National Dashiki Day John Adams (1735) Happy Birthday, NIA LONG/EVA MARCILLE/OTIS 'BIG DADDY' WILLIAMS/HENRY WINKLER Investment Saturday | |||
W6 | 31 We remember Ethel "singer" Waters; Rosalind Cash Happy Birthday, State of NEVADA/WILLOW SMITH Halloween/Hallelujah Night Eco-friendly Sunday | 1 Nationally Military Family Appreciation Month Family Stories Month National Entrepreneurship Month National Adoption Month Hosted Theme: Native American Appreciation Month National Family Caregiver Month National Homeless Youth Awareness Month Religion: Black Catholic History Month; today, All Catholic Saint's Day New Monday | 2 All Soul's Day (Mexico), Dia de los Muertos We remember Roy Hargove (d. 2018). Happy Birthday, State of NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA James Polk (1795)/Warren Harding (1865) Baltimore City Maryland: William Donald Schaefer Day Interesting Tuesday Election Day | 3 National Housewife's Day Happy Birthday, KARI"KATI"MICHAELSEN Doable Wednesday | 4 Happy Birthday, SEAN "DIDDY/LOVE" COMBS/MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY/LORETTA'actress" SWIT King Tut Day National Cookie Day Who was the 1st known black Methodist Preacher? - 1781 We remember Will Rogers; Doris Roberts. Anticipating Thursday | 5 International Day of Prayer Bonfire Night (UK/London) The ending of all quarrels and the beginning of a new year. Pleasant Friday | 6 Happy Birthday, SALLY FIELDS/EMMA STONE/THANDIE 'actress' NEWTON Investment Saturday | |||