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W1 | 27 U.S. Dept. of Education established, 1979 We remember Don 'Soul Train' Cornelius (b.9/27/1936); Jimmy 'Rapper' Spicer (d. 2019) World Tourism Day Happy Birthday, LIL WAYNE/GWYNETH PALTROW Religious Atonement is a special time of ... Native American Day or American Indian Day, includes Black Indians Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 We remember Ben E. King (9/28/1938-4/30/2015), Miles Davis, Agnes Nixon Good Neighbor Day Statue of Liberty Dedicated Happy Birthday, HILARY DUFF/NAOMI WATTS/VERNEE WATSON-JOHNSON 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 National Black Funding Day We remember Jessye "Opera Singer" Norman (d. 2019). Happy Birthday BARRY 'TV-GREG' WILLIAMS/PATRICIA RUSHEN/CISSY HOUSTON Doable Wednesday | 1 Faith: Clergy Appreciation Month It's also National Work and Family Month. Black History Month (U.K. Europe continent) We remember Donny Hathaway (b. 1945); Kevin flute player Locke (d.2022) Country Music Month Internationally: Day of Older Persons Bring Your Bible To School Day Happy Birthday, former president Jimmy Carter, NIGERIA (AFRICA); CHRISTOPHER 'PETER' KNIGHT , JURNEE SMOLLETT, HOWARD HEWETT. 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 2 Mohandas Gandhi (1869) Festival of Lights, India Happy Birthday, STING/MOSES GUNN/KELLY RIPA On this date: Invention of The Soul Train TV Broadcast Pleasant Friday | 3 The Obama's Wedding Anniversary We remember composer/band leader Frank Francis Johnson Happy Birthday, INDIA ARIE/Min. AL SHARPTON 10/3/1956 Nat King Cole, 1st black performer to host his own show. Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 4 National Taco Day Happy Birthday, RUSSELL SIMMONS We remember Diahann Carroll (d. 2019). Rutherford Hayes (1822) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 5 Happy Birthday, KATE WINSLET World Teacher Day We remember Bernard 'Bernie Mac' McCullough (10/5/1957-8/9/2008) Chester Arthur (1829) Tyler Perry Studios Official Anniversary (2019) 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) World Smile Day Happy Birthday, TONI BRAXTON/SIMON COWELL/NICOLE ARI PARKER/JOY BEHAR Doable Wednesday | 8 National Heritage Day (Turks and Caicos Islands) Happy Birthday, NICK CANNON/MATT DAMON/CHEVY CHASE/ROBERT "KOO" BELL, KARYN PARSONS, Rev. JESSE JACKSON 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 Happy Birthday, TANYA TUCKER/BEN VEREEN 1st Black Parish, Baltimore, MD - 1863 We remember Russel Means (10/10/39-10/22/12), Solomon Burke (3/21/1940-10/10/2010) 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 Dwight Eisenhower (1890) We remember Maxine "Motown's Etiquette" Powell (d.) Happy Birthday, LOURDES LEON/USHER Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 16 Name the creator of the Million Man/Woman March (10/16/95). National Friends of the Library Week (10/16-22) NATIONAL BOSS'S DAY (USA) Kids Fest in NY City We remember Roy Hargove (b. 1969). Pleasant Friday | 17 National Pasta Day Happy Birthday, EMINEM/YCLEF JEAN/QUEEN NAIJA Black Poetry Day 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 Happy Birthday, KIM KARDASHIAN (WEST) What is the name of the 1st black Holiness Church? 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 National Talk Show Host Day We remember Johnny Carson (b.); Yvonne Staples (b. 1934). Happy Birthday, RYAN REYNOLDS/MEGHAN MCCAIN Name the 1st white, presbyterian minister who baptized blacks? Pleasant Friday | 24 United Nations Day, An international peacekeeping organization. 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 25 We remember Pablo Picasso (1881); Fats Domino. Happy Birthday CIARA/KATY PERRY Eco-Friendly Sunday | 26 Happy Birthday, PAT SAJACK; former first lady Hillary Clinton We remember Mahalia Jackson 1911-1972 New Monday | 27 Theodore Roosevelt (1858) Happy Birthday, KERI HILSON/LEE GREENWOOD/KELLY OSBOURNE; State of Nevada Interesting Tuesday | 28 Happy Birthday, JULIA ROBERTS/BEN HARPER/TELMA HOPKINS/SHERYL UNDERWOOD Statue of Liberty Anniversary, New York Doable Wednesday | 29 School segregation ended on this day - 1969 Happy Birthday, GABRIELLE UNION/TRACEE ELLIS ROSS We remember Al Molinaro "Happy Days ... Al Delvecchio". (d. 2015), Keith 'singer' Wilder (d. 2017), John 'comedian/actor' Witherspoon (d. 2019) Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 30 Happy Birthday, NIA LONG/EVA MARCILLE/OTIS 'BIG DADDY' WILLIAMS/HENRY WINKLER National Dashiki Day John Adams (1735) Pleasant Friday | 31 We remember Ethel "singer" Waters; Rosalind Cash Halloween/Hallelujah Night Happy Birthday, State of NEVADA/WILLOW SMITH Investment Saturday | |||