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W1 | 26 NY City Opera: A Quiet Place Happy Birthday, SERENA WILLIAMS Eco-Friendly Sunday | 27 U.S. Dept. of Education established, 1979 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 Happy Birthday, LIL WAYNE/GWYNETH PALTROW New Monday | 28 Happy Birthday, HILARY DUFF/NAOMI WATTS/VERNEE WATSON-JOHNSON Good Neighbor Day We remember Ben E. King (9/28/1938-4/30/2015), Miles Davis, Agnes Nixon Statue of Liberty Dedicated Interesting Tuesday | 29 Who was the first black to serve in the DE senate? We remember actor Larry Linville; Otis Rush (d. 2018). Doable Wednesday | 30 National Black Funding Day Happy Birthday BARRY 'TV-GREG' WILLIAMS/PATRICIA RUSHEN/CISSY HOUSTON We remember Jessye "Opera Singer" Norman (d. 2019). Anticipating Thursday | 1 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 We remember Donny Hathaway (b. 1945); Kevin flute player Locke (d.2022) It's also National Work and Family Month. Faith: Clergy Appreciation Month Country Music Month Bring Your Bible To School Day Internationally: Day of Older Persons Black History Month (U.K. Europe continent) Pleasant Friday | 2 Mohandas Gandhi (1869) Happy Birthday, STING/MOSES GUNN/KELLY RIPA Festival of Lights, India On this date: Invention of The Soul Train TV Broadcast Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 3 Happy Birthday, INDIA ARIE/Min. AL SHARPTON We remember composer/band leader Frank Francis Johnson The Obama's Wedding Anniversary 10/3/1956 Nat King Cole, 1st black performer to host his own show. Eco-Friendly Sunday | 4 National Taco Day Happy Birthday, RUSSELL SIMMONS Rutherford Hayes (1822) We remember Diahann Carroll (d. 2019). New Monday | 5 Chester Arthur (1829) Tyler Perry Studios Official Anniversary (2019) World Teacher Day Happy Birthday, KATE WINSLET We remember Bernard 'Bernie Mac' McCullough (10/5/1957-8/9/2008) Interesting Tuesday | 6 Happy Birthday, LAMMAN RUCKER, THOMAS MCCLAR German-American Day Doable Wednesday | 7 World Smile Day Happy Birthday, TONI BRAXTON/SIMON COWELL/NICOLE ARI PARKER/JOY BEHAR Roses became the US Flower (1986) Anticipating Thursday | 8 National Heritage Day (Turks and Caicos Islands) Happy Birthday, NICK CANNON/MATT DAMON/CHEVY CHASE/ROBERT "KOO" BELL, KARYN PARSONS, Rev. JESSE JACKSON Pleasant Friday | 9 Happy Birthday, TYLER WILLIAMS; SHARON OSBOURNE; SCOTT 'actor' BAKULA. U.S.A. discovered (1000) Name the 1st black member of Islam? Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 10 1st Black Parish, Baltimore, MD - 1863 Kruger Day, Oom Paul Birthay We remember Russel Means (10/10/39-10/22/12), Solomon Burke (3/21/1940-10/10/2010) Happy Birthday, TANYA TUCKER/BEN VEREEN Eco-friendly Sunday Father and Daughter Day | 11 Death of Casimer Pulaski Day (America/Polish) We remember John 'Red Foxx' Sanford 12/9/1922-10/11/1991 International Day of the Girl Happy Birthday, GEORGE JOHNSON/ZACH GALIFIANAKIS/RAPPER MC LYTE New Monday Thanksgiving (Canada) | 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) Interesting Tuesday | 13 We remember Gary Collins d. Happy Birthday, ASHANTI/SHIRLEY CAESAR/TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN/SACHA BARON COHEN Doable Wednesday | 14 Happy Birthday, LOURDES LEON/USHER We remember Maxine "Motown's Etiquette" Powell (d.) Dwight Eisenhower (1890) Anticipating Thursday | 15 Sept 15 - Oct 15 Last Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month Happy Birthday, ERIC BENET/GINUWINE/KEYSHIA COLE/PENNY MARSHALL National I Love Lucy Day Pleasant Friday National Boss Day | 16 Name the creator of the Million Man/Woman March (10/16/95). Kids Fest in NY City We remember Roy Hargove (b. 1969). National Friends of the Library Week (10/16-22) NATIONAL BOSS'S DAY (USA) Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 17 National Pasta Day Happy Birthday, EMINEM/YCLEF JEAN/QUEEN NAIJA Black Poetry Day Eco-friendly Sunday | 18 Happy Birthday, NE YO/ESPERANZA SPALDING/ZAC EFRON/WESLEY JONATHAN/JOE MORTON; State of Alaska New Monday | 19 We remember ROBERT 'MIKE' REED (10/19/1932-4/12/1992), and Russell Means. Happy Birthday, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY Interesting Tuesday | 20 Happy Birthday, SNOOP DOG/ERIC SCOTT/MARIA DAYTIA/SUNNY HOSTIN/Vice President KAMALA HARRIS We remember Jelly Roll "Jazz Pianist" Morton Doable Wednesday Full Moon (2021) | 21 What is the name of the 1st black Holiness Church? Happy Birthday, KIM KARDASHIAN (WEST) Anticipating Thursday | 22 Happy Birthday, JULIE DASH We remember Russell Means (10/10/39-10/22/12); Carrie Fisher b. Pleasant Friday | 23 Name the 1st white, presbyterian minister who baptized blacks? National Talk Show Host Day Happy Birthday, RYAN REYNOLDS/MEGHAN MCCAIN We remember Johnny Carson (b.); Yvonne Staples (b. 1934). Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 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), Eco-friendly Sunday | 25 We remember Pablo Picasso (1881); Fats Domino. Happy Birthday CIARA/KATY PERRY New Monday | 26 Happy Birthday, PAT SAJACK; former first lady Hillary Clinton We remember Mahalia Jackson 1911-1972 Interesting Tuesday | 27 Theodore Roosevelt (1858) Happy Birthday, KERI HILSON/LEE GREENWOOD/KELLY OSBOURNE; State of Nevada Doable Wednesday | 28 Happy Birthday, JULIA ROBERTS/BEN HARPER/TELMA HOPKINS/SHERYL UNDERWOOD Statue of Liberty Anniversary, New York Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 30 National Dashiki Day Happy Birthday, NIA LONG/EVA MARCILLE/OTIS 'BIG DADDY' WILLIAMS/HENRY WINKLER John Adams (1735) Investment Saturday | |||
W6 | 31 We remember Ethel "singer" Waters; Rosalind Cash Halloween/Hallelujah Night Happy Birthday, State of NEVADA/WILLOW SMITH Eco-friendly Sunday | 1 Family Stories Month Nationally Military Family Appreciation Month National Adoption Month National Entrepreneurship Month National Family Caregiver Month National Homeless Youth Awareness Month Religion: Black Catholic History Month; today, All Catholic Saint's Day Hosted Theme: Native American Appreciation Month New Monday | 2 Happy Birthday, State of NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA We remember Roy Hargove (d. 2018). All Soul's Day (Mexico), Dia de los Muertos James Polk (1795)/Warren Harding (1865) Baltimore City Maryland: William Donald Schaefer Day Interesting Tuesday Election Day | 3 National Housewife's Day Happy Birthday, KARI"KATI"MICHAELSEN Doable Wednesday | 4 Who was the 1st known black Methodist Preacher? - 1781 Happy Birthday, SEAN "DIDDY/LOVE" COMBS/MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY/LORETTA'actress" SWIT National Cookie Day King Tut Day We remember Will Rogers; Doris Roberts. Anticipating Thursday | 5 The ending of all quarrels and the beginning of a new year. International Day of Prayer Bonfire Night (UK/London) Pleasant Friday | 6 Happy Birthday, SALLY FIELDS/EMMA STONE/THANDIE 'actress' NEWTON Investment Saturday | |||