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W1 | 29 We remember actor Larry Linville; Otis Rush (d. 2018). Who was the first black to serve in the DE senate? Eco-friendly Sunday | 30 National Black Funding Day Happy Birthday BARRY 'TV-GREG' WILLIAMS/PATRICIA RUSHEN/CISSY HOUSTON We remember Jessye "Opera Singer" Norman (d. 2019). New Monday | 1 Happy Birthday, former president Jimmy Carter, NIGERIA (AFRICA); CHRISTOPHER 'PETER' KNIGHT , JURNEE SMOLLETT, HOWARD HEWETT. It's also National Work and Family Month. Country Music Month Black History Month (U.K. Europe continent) Internationally: Day of Older Persons Faith: Clergy Appreciation Month 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 We remember Donny Hathaway (b. 1945); Kevin flute player Locke (d.2022) Interesting Tuesday | 2 Festival of Lights, India Mohandas Gandhi (1869) On this date: Invention of The Soul Train TV Broadcast Happy Birthday, STING/MOSES GUNN/KELLY RIPA Doable Wednesday International Day of Non-Violence Rosh Hashana | 3 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 Happy Birthday, INDIA ARIE/Min. AL SHARPTON Anticipating Thursday Religion: Rosh Hashanah | 4 National Taco Day Rutherford Hayes (1822) Happy Birthday, RUSSELL SIMMONS We remember Diahann Carroll (d. 2019). Pleasant Friday | 5 Chester Arthur (1829) We remember Bernard 'Bernie Mac' McCullough (10/5/1957-8/9/2008) World Teacher Day Happy Birthday, KATE WINSLET Tyler Perry Studios Official Anniversary (2019) Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 6 Happy Birthday, LAMMAN RUCKER, THOMAS MCCLAR German-American Day Eco-friendly Sunday | 7 Roses became the US Flower (1986) Happy Birthday, TONI BRAXTON/SIMON COWELL/NICOLE ARI PARKER/JOY BEHAR World Smile Day New Monday | 8 National Heritage Day (Turks and Caicos Islands) Happy Birthday, NICK CANNON/MATT DAMON/CHEVY CHASE/ROBERT "KOO" BELL, KARYN PARSONS, Rev. JESSE JACKSON Interesting Tuesday | 9 Happy Birthday, TYLER WILLIAMS; SHARON OSBOURNE; SCOTT 'actor' BAKULA. Name the 1st black member of Islam? U.S.A. discovered (1000) Doable Wednesday | 10 We remember Russel Means (10/10/39-10/22/12), Solomon Burke (3/21/1940-10/10/2010) Happy Birthday, TANYA TUCKER/BEN VEREEN 1st Black Parish, Baltimore, MD - 1863 Kruger Day, Oom Paul Birthay Anticipating Thursday | 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) Pleasant Friday Yom Kippur | 12 We remember Tommy "actor" Ford, Dick Gregory, Rudolph Isley (d. 2023) Happy Birthday, HUGH JACKMAN Name the 1st black musician to tour overseas funded by the US State Dept. Investment Saturday Religion:Yom Kippur @ Sunset Day of the Farmers | |||
W3 | 13 We remember Gary Collins d. Happy Birthday, ASHANTI/SHIRLEY CAESAR/TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN/SACHA BARON COHEN Eco-friendly Sunday | 14 Dwight Eisenhower (1890) Happy Birthday, LOURDES LEON/USHER We remember Maxine "Motown's Etiquette" Powell (d.) New Monday Indigenous Peoples' Day Thanksgiving (Canada) | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 16 NATIONAL BOSS'S DAY (USA) Kids Fest in NY City We remember Roy Hargove (b. 1969). Name the creator of the Million Man/Woman March (10/16/95). National Friends of the Library Week (10/16-22) Doable Wednesday World Food Day | 17 National Pasta Day Black Poetry Day Happy Birthday, EMINEM/YCLEF JEAN/QUEEN NAIJA Anticipating Thursday Sukkot | 18 Happy Birthday, NE YO/ESPERANZA SPALDING/ZAC EFRON/WESLEY JONATHAN/JOE MORTON; State of Alaska Pleasant Friday | 19 We remember ROBERT 'MIKE' REED (10/19/1932-4/12/1992), and Russell Means. Happy Birthday, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 20 We remember Jelly Roll "Jazz Pianist" Morton Happy Birthday, SNOOP DOG/ERIC SCOTT/MARIA DAYTIA/SUNNY HOSTIN/Vice President KAMALA HARRIS Eco-friendly Sunday | 21 What is the name of the 1st black Holiness Church? Happy Birthday, KIM KARDASHIAN (WEST) New Monday | 22 Happy Birthday, JULIE DASH We remember Russell Means (10/10/39-10/22/12); Carrie Fisher b. Interesting Tuesday | 23 We remember Johnny Carson (b.); Yvonne Staples (b. 1934). Happy Birthday, RYAN REYNOLDS/MEGHAN MCCAIN National Talk Show Host Day Name the 1st white, presbyterian minister who baptized blacks? Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating Thursday | 25 We remember Pablo Picasso (1881); Fats Domino. Happy Birthday CIARA/KATY PERRY Pleasant Friday International Artist Day | 26 Happy Birthday, PAT SAJACK; former first lady Hillary Clinton We remember Mahalia Jackson 1911-1972 Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 27 Happy Birthday, KERI HILSON/LEE GREENWOOD/KELLY OSBOURNE; State of Nevada Theodore Roosevelt (1858) Eco-friendly Sunday | 28 Happy Birthday, JULIA ROBERTS/BEN HARPER/TELMA HOPKINS/SHERYL UNDERWOOD Statue of Liberty Anniversary, New York New Monday | 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) Interesting Tuesday | 30 National Dashiki Day John Adams (1735) Happy Birthday, NIA LONG/EVA MARCILLE/OTIS 'BIG DADDY' WILLIAMS/HENRY WINKLER Doable Wednesday | 31 Happy Birthday, State of NEVADA/WILLOW SMITH We remember Ethel "singer" Waters; Rosalind Cash Halloween/Hallelujah Night Anticipating Thursday | 1 Nationally Military Family Appreciation Month Family Stories 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 National Adoption Month National Entrepreneurship Month Religion: Diwali (Hindu - Festival of Lights) Pleasant Friday | 2 Happy Birthday, State of NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA We remember Roy Hargove (d. 2018). James Polk (1795)/Warren Harding (1865) Baltimore City Maryland: William Donald Schaefer Day All Soul's Day (Mexico), Dia de los Muertos Investment Saturday Daylight Saving Time Ends | |||