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W1 | 25 How did Illinois get its name? Happy Birthday, WILL SMITH/CLIFFORD "TIP" HARRIS/HEATHER LOCKLEAR/DONALD GLOVER National Day of Remembrance for Murdered Victims We remember Andy Williams (12/3/1927-9/25/2012) Jewish New Year: Rosh Hashanah 2-Day Celebration 9/25-9/27 Eco-friendly Sunday | 26 NY City Opera: A Quiet Place Happy Birthday, SERENA WILLIAMS New Monday Rosh Hashanah | 27 U.S. Dept. of Education established, 1979 Happy Birthday, LIL WAYNE/GWYNETH PALTROW Religious Atonement is a special time of ... Native American Day or American Indian Day, includes Black Indians World Tourism Day We remember Don 'Soul Train' Cornelius (b.9/27/1936); Jimmy 'Rapper' Spicer (d. 2019) Interesting Tuesday Rosh Hashanah ends at sunset | 28 Statue of Liberty Dedicated We remember Ben E. King (9/28/1938-4/30/2015), Miles Davis, Agnes Nixon Happy Birthday, HILARY DUFF/NAOMI WATTS/VERNEE WATSON-JOHNSON Good Neighbor Day Doable Wednesday | 29 We remember actor Larry Linville; Otis Rush (d. 2018). Who was the first black to serve in the DE senate? Anticipating Thursday | 30 National Black Funding Day Happy Birthday BARRY 'TV-GREG' WILLIAMS/PATRICIA RUSHEN/CISSY HOUSTON We remember Jessye "Opera Singer" Norman (d. 2019). Pleasant Friday | 1 Happy Birthday, former president Jimmy Carter, NIGERIA (AFRICA); CHRISTOPHER 'PETER' KNIGHT , JURNEE SMOLLETT, HOWARD HEWETT. Faith: Clergy Appreciation Month 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 Black History Month (U.K. Europe continent) Bring Your Bible To School Day Country Music Month We remember Donny Hathaway (b. 1945); Kevin flute player Locke (d.2022) Internationally: Day of Older Persons Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 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 Eco-friendly Sunday | 3 We remember composer/band leader Frank Francis Johnson 10/3/1956 Nat King Cole, 1st black performer to host his own show. The Obama's Wedding Anniversary Happy Birthday, INDIA ARIE/Min. AL SHARPTON New Monday | 4 National Taco Day Happy Birthday, RUSSELL SIMMONS Rutherford Hayes (1822) We remember Diahann Carroll (d. 2019). Interesting Tuesday | 5 World Teacher Day Happy Birthday, KATE WINSLET Chester Arthur (1829) We remember Bernard 'Bernie Mac' McCullough (10/5/1957-8/9/2008) Tyler Perry Studios Official Anniversary (2019) Doable Wednesday Yom kippur | 6 Happy Birthday, LAMMAN RUCKER, THOMAS MCCLAR German-American Day Anticipating Thursday | 7 Roses became the US Flower (1986) World Smile Day Happy Birthday, TONI BRAXTON/SIMON COWELL/NICOLE ARI PARKER/JOY BEHAR Pleasant Friday | 8 National Heritage Day (Turks and Caicos Islands) Happy Birthday, NICK CANNON/MATT DAMON/CHEVY CHASE/ROBERT "KOO" BELL, KARYN PARSONS, Rev. JESSE JACKSON Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 9 U.S.A. discovered (1000) Name the 1st black member of Islam? Happy Birthday, TYLER WILLIAMS; SHARON OSBOURNE; SCOTT 'actor' BAKULA. Eco-friendly Sunday | 10 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 Kruger Day, Oom Paul Birthay New Monday Sukkot | 11 Death of Casimer Pulaski Day (America/Polish) Happy Birthday, GEORGE JOHNSON/ZACH GALIFIANAKIS/RAPPER MC LYTE We remember John 'Red Foxx' Sanford 12/9/1922-10/11/1991 International Day of the Girl Interesting Tuesday | 12 Name the 1st black musician to tour overseas funded by the US State Dept. Happy Birthday, HUGH JACKMAN We remember Tommy "actor" Ford, Dick Gregory, Rudolph Isley (d. 2023) Doable Wednesday | 13 We remember Gary Collins d. Happy Birthday, ASHANTI/SHIRLEY CAESAR/TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN/SACHA BARON COHEN Anticipating Thursday | 14 Happy Birthday, LOURDES LEON/USHER Dwight Eisenhower (1890) We remember Maxine "Motown's Etiquette" Powell (d.) Pleasant Friday | 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 16 We remember Roy Hargove (b. 1969). NATIONAL BOSS'S DAY (USA) Kids Fest in NY City National Friends of the Library Week (10/16-22) Name the creator of the Million Man/Woman March (10/16/95). Eco-friendly Sunday | 17 Black Poetry Day Happy Birthday, EMINEM/YCLEF JEAN/QUEEN NAIJA National Pasta Day New Monday | 18 Happy Birthday, NE YO/ESPERANZA SPALDING/ZAC EFRON/WESLEY JONATHAN/JOE MORTON; State of Alaska Interesting Tuesday | 19 We remember ROBERT 'MIKE' REED (10/19/1932-4/12/1992), and Russell Means. Happy Birthday, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY Doable Wednesday | 20 We remember Jelly Roll "Jazz Pianist" Morton Happy Birthday, SNOOP DOG/ERIC SCOTT/MARIA DAYTIA/SUNNY HOSTIN/Vice President KAMALA HARRIS Anticipating Thursday | 21 What is the name of the 1st black Holiness Church? Happy Birthday, KIM KARDASHIAN (WEST) Pleasant Friday | 22 Happy Birthday, JULIE DASH We remember Russell Means (10/10/39-10/22/12); Carrie Fisher b. Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 23 Happy Birthday, RYAN REYNOLDS/MEGHAN MCCAIN We remember Johnny Carson (b.); Yvonne Staples (b. 1934). Name the 1st white, presbyterian minister who baptized blacks? National Talk Show Host Day Eco-friendly Sunday | 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), United Nations Day, An international peacekeeping organization. Happy Birthday, MONICA/DANIEL GLOVER/DRAKE/BILL WYMAN/ADRIENNE BAILON New Monday | 25 We remember Pablo Picasso (1881); Fats Domino. Happy Birthday CIARA/KATY PERRY Interesting Tuesday | 26 We remember Mahalia Jackson 1911-1972 Happy Birthday, PAT SAJACK; former first lady Hillary Clinton Doable Wednesday | 27 Theodore Roosevelt (1858) Happy Birthday, KERI HILSON/LEE GREENWOOD/KELLY OSBOURNE; State of Nevada Anticipating Thursday | 28 Happy Birthday, JULIA ROBERTS/BEN HARPER/TELMA HOPKINS/SHERYL UNDERWOOD Statue of Liberty Anniversary, New York Pleasant Friday | 29 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) School segregation ended on this day - 1969 Investment Saturday | |||
W6 | 30 National Dashiki Day John Adams (1735) Happy Birthday, NIA LONG/EVA MARCILLE/OTIS 'BIG DADDY' WILLIAMS/HENRY WINKLER Eco-friendly Sunday | 31 Happy Birthday, State of NEVADA/WILLOW SMITH We remember Ethel "singer" Waters; Rosalind Cash Halloween/Hallelujah Night New Monday | 1 Family Stories Month Nationally Military Family Appreciation Month Hosted Theme: Native American Appreciation Month National Family Caregiver Month National Homeless Youth Awareness Month National Adoption Month Religion: Black Catholic History Month; today, All Catholic Saint's Day National Entrepreneurship Month Interesting Tuesday | 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 Doable Wednesday | 3 National Housewife's Day Happy Birthday, KARI"KATI"MICHAELSEN Anticipating Thursday | 4 Who was the 1st known black Methodist Preacher? - 1781 Happy Birthday, SEAN "DIDDY/LOVE" COMBS/MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY/LORETTA'actress" SWIT We remember Will Rogers; Doris Roberts. National Cookie Day King Tut Day Pleasant Friday | 5 The ending of all quarrels and the beginning of a new year. International Day of Prayer Bonfire Night (UK/London) Investment Saturday | |||