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W1 | 27 U.S. Dept. of Education established, 1979 Happy Birthday, LIL WAYNE/GWYNETH PALTROW We remember Don 'Soul Train' Cornelius (b.9/27/1936); Jimmy 'Rapper' Spicer (d. 2019) Religious Atonement is a special time of ... World Tourism Day Native American Day or American Indian Day, includes Black Indians Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 Statue of Liberty Dedicated Good Neighbor Day Happy Birthday, HILARY DUFF/NAOMI WATTS/VERNEE WATSON-JOHNSON We remember Ben E. King (9/28/1938-4/30/2015), Miles Davis, Agnes Nixon New Monday Judaism Social: Yom Kippur | 29 We remember actor Larry Linville; Otis Rush (d. 2018). Who was the first black to serve in the DE senate? Interesting Tuesday | 30 We remember Jessye "Opera Singer" Norman (d. 2019). National Black Funding Day Happy Birthday BARRY 'TV-GREG' WILLIAMS/PATRICIA RUSHEN/CISSY HOUSTON Doable Wednesday | 1 Happy Birthday, former president Jimmy Carter, NIGERIA (AFRICA); CHRISTOPHER 'PETER' KNIGHT , JURNEE SMOLLETT, HOWARD HEWETT. Bring Your Bible To School Day Country Music Month Black History Month (U.K. Europe continent) Internationally: Day of Older Persons It's also National Work and Family Month. 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 We remember Donny Hathaway (b. 1945); Kevin flute player Locke (d.2022) Faith: Clergy Appreciation Month Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 2 Happy Birthday, STING/MOSES GUNN/KELLY RIPA Festival of Lights, India Mohandas Gandhi (1869) On this date: Invention of The Soul Train TV Broadcast Pleasant Friday | 3 Happy Birthday, INDIA ARIE/Min. AL SHARPTON The Obama's Wedding Anniversary 10/3/1956 Nat King Cole, 1st black performer to host his own show. We remember composer/band leader Frank Francis Johnson Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 4 National Taco Day We remember Diahann Carroll (d. 2019). Happy Birthday, RUSSELL SIMMONS Rutherford Hayes (1822) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 5 Chester Arthur (1829) We remember Bernard 'Bernie Mac' McCullough (10/5/1957-8/9/2008) Tyler Perry Studios Official Anniversary (2019) Happy Birthday, KATE WINSLET World Teacher Day New Monday World Habitat Day 2020 (Habitat for Humanity) | 6 Happy Birthday, LAMMAN RUCKER, THOMAS MCCLAR German-American Day Interesting Tuesday | 7 Roses became the US Flower (1986) Happy Birthday, TONI BRAXTON/SIMON COWELL/NICOLE ARI PARKER/JOY BEHAR World Smile Day Doable Wednesday | 8 Happy Birthday, NICK CANNON/MATT DAMON/CHEVY CHASE/ROBERT "KOO" BELL, KARYN PARSONS, Rev. JESSE JACKSON National Heritage Day (Turks and Caicos Islands) Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 9 U.S.A. discovered (1000) Name the 1st black member of Islam? Happy Birthday, TYLER WILLIAMS; SHARON OSBOURNE; SCOTT 'actor' BAKULA. Pleasant Friday | 10 Kruger Day, Oom Paul Birthay We remember Russel Means (10/10/39-10/22/12), Solomon Burke (3/21/1940-10/10/2010) 1st Black Parish, Baltimore, MD - 1863 Happy Birthday, TANYA TUCKER/BEN VEREEN Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 11 We remember John 'Red Foxx' Sanford 12/9/1922-10/11/1991 Happy Birthday, GEORGE JOHNSON/ZACH GALIFIANAKIS/RAPPER MC LYTE International Day of the Girl Death of Casimer Pulaski Day (America/Polish) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 12 Name the 1st black musician to tour overseas funded by the US State Dept. We remember Tommy "actor" Ford, Dick Gregory, Rudolph Isley (d. 2023) Happy Birthday, HUGH JACKMAN New Monday | 13 We remember Gary Collins d. Happy Birthday, ASHANTI/SHIRLEY CAESAR/TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN/SACHA BARON COHEN Interesting Tuesday | 14 Happy Birthday, LOURDES LEON/USHER Dwight Eisenhower (1890) We remember Maxine "Motown's Etiquette" Powell (d.) Doable Wednesday | 15 Happy Birthday, ERIC BENET/GINUWINE/KEYSHIA COLE/PENNY MARSHALL Sept 15 - Oct 15 Last Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month National I Love Lucy Day Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 16 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). We remember Roy Hargove (b. 1969). Kids Fest in NY City Pleasant Friday | 17 Black Poetry Day National Pasta Day Happy Birthday, EMINEM/YCLEF JEAN/QUEEN NAIJA Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 18 Happy Birthday, NE YO/ESPERANZA SPALDING/ZAC EFRON/WESLEY JONATHAN/JOE MORTON; State of Alaska Eco-Friendly Sunday | 19 We remember ROBERT 'MIKE' REED (10/19/1932-4/12/1992), and Russell Means. Happy Birthday, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY New Monday | 20 We remember Jelly Roll "Jazz Pianist" Morton Happy Birthday, SNOOP DOG/ERIC SCOTT/MARIA DAYTIA/SUNNY HOSTIN/Vice President KAMALA HARRIS Interesting Tuesday | 21 What is the name of the 1st black Holiness Church? Happy Birthday, KIM KARDASHIAN (WEST) Doable Wednesday | 22 We remember Russell Means (10/10/39-10/22/12); Carrie Fisher b. Happy Birthday, JULIE DASH Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 23 Name the 1st white, presbyterian minister who baptized blacks? Happy Birthday, RYAN REYNOLDS/MEGHAN MCCAIN National Talk Show Host Day We remember Johnny Carson (b.); Yvonne Staples (b. 1934). Pleasant Friday | 24 United Nations Day, An international peacekeeping organization. Happy Birthday, MONICA/DANIEL GLOVER/DRAKE/BILL WYMAN/ADRIENNE BAILON 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), Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 25 We remember Pablo Picasso (1881); Fats Domino. Happy Birthday CIARA/KATY PERRY Eco-Friendly Sunday | 26 We remember Mahalia Jackson 1911-1972 Happy Birthday, PAT SAJACK; former first lady Hillary Clinton New Monday | 27 Happy Birthday, KERI HILSON/LEE GREENWOOD/KELLY OSBOURNE; State of Nevada Theodore Roosevelt (1858) Interesting Tuesday | 28 Statue of Liberty Anniversary, New York Happy Birthday, JULIA ROBERTS/BEN HARPER/TELMA HOPKINS/SHERYL UNDERWOOD Doable Wednesday | 29 We remember Al Molinaro "Happy Days ... Al Delvecchio". (d. 2015), Keith 'singer' Wilder (d. 2017), John 'comedian/actor' Witherspoon (d. 2019) Happy Birthday, GABRIELLE UNION/TRACEE ELLIS ROSS School segregation ended on this day - 1969 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 30 National Dashiki Day John Adams (1735) Happy Birthday, NIA LONG/EVA MARCILLE/OTIS 'BIG DADDY' WILLIAMS/HENRY WINKLER Pleasant Friday | 31 Happy Birthday, State of NEVADA/WILLOW SMITH We remember Ethel "singer" Waters; Rosalind Cash Halloween/Hallelujah Night Investment Saturday | |||