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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 Native American Day or American Indian Day, includes Black Indians Happy Birthday, LIL WAYNE/GWYNETH PALTROW Religious Atonement is a special time of ... Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 New Monday Judaism Social: Yom Kippur | 29 Who was the first black to serve in the DE senate? We remember actor Larry Linville; Otis Rush (d. 2018). 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 Happy Birthday, former president Jimmy Carter, NIGERIA (AFRICA); CHRISTOPHER 'PETER' KNIGHT , JURNEE SMOLLETT, HOWARD HEWETT. Faith: Clergy Appreciation Month 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 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) Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 2 On this date: Invention of The Soul Train TV Broadcast Mohandas Gandhi (1869) Festival of Lights, India Happy Birthday, STING/MOSES GUNN/KELLY RIPA 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 Happy Birthday, RUSSELL SIMMONS We remember Diahann Carroll (d. 2019). Rutherford Hayes (1822) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 5 Happy Birthday, KATE WINSLET Chester Arthur (1829) World Teacher Day We remember Bernard 'Bernie Mac' McCullough (10/5/1957-8/9/2008) 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 Happy Birthday, TONI BRAXTON/SIMON COWELL/NICOLE ARI PARKER/JOY BEHAR Roses became the US Flower (1986) World Smile Day 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) Happy Birthday, TYLER WILLIAMS; SHARON OSBOURNE; SCOTT 'actor' BAKULA. Name the 1st black member of Islam? Pleasant Friday | 10 Kruger Day, Oom Paul Birthay 1st Black Parish, Baltimore, MD - 1863 We remember Russel Means (10/10/39-10/22/12), Solomon Burke (3/21/1940-10/10/2010) Happy Birthday, TANYA TUCKER/BEN VEREEN Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 11 Happy Birthday, GEORGE JOHNSON/ZACH GALIFIANAKIS/RAPPER MC LYTE International Day of the Girl We remember John 'Red Foxx' Sanford 12/9/1922-10/11/1991 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. Happy Birthday, HUGH JACKMAN We remember Tommy "actor" Ford, Dick Gregory, Rudolph Isley (d. 2023) New Monday | 13 We remember Gary Collins d. Happy Birthday, ASHANTI/SHIRLEY CAESAR/TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN/SACHA BARON COHEN Interesting Tuesday | 14 We remember Maxine "Motown's Etiquette" Powell (d.) Dwight Eisenhower (1890) Happy Birthday, LOURDES LEON/USHER Doable Wednesday | 15 Happy Birthday, ERIC BENET/GINUWINE/KEYSHIA COLE/PENNY MARSHALL National I Love Lucy Day Sept 15 - Oct 15 Last Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 16 Kids Fest in NY City 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). 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 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 Happy Birthday, MONICA/DANIEL GLOVER/DRAKE/BILL WYMAN/ADRIENNE BAILON 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), Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 25 Happy Birthday CIARA/KATY PERRY We remember Pablo Picasso (1881); Fats Domino. Eco-Friendly Sunday | 26 We remember Mahalia Jackson 1911-1972 Happy Birthday, PAT SAJACK; former first lady Hillary Clinton 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 John Adams (1735) Happy Birthday, NIA LONG/EVA MARCILLE/OTIS 'BIG DADDY' WILLIAMS/HENRY WINKLER National Dashiki Day Pleasant Friday | 31 Happy Birthday, State of NEVADA/WILLOW SMITH Halloween/Hallelujah Night We remember Ethel "singer" Waters; Rosalind Cash Investment Saturday | |||