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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 Black History Month (U.K. Europe continent) 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 Faith: Clergy Appreciation Month Country Music Month We remember Donny Hathaway (b. 1945); Kevin flute player Locke (d.2022) It's also National Work and Family Month. Happy Birthday, former president Jimmy Carter, NIGERIA (AFRICA); CHRISTOPHER 'PETER' KNIGHT , JURNEE SMOLLETT, HOWARD HEWETT. Internationally: Day of Older Persons Interesting Tuesday | 2 Festival of Lights, India Happy Birthday, STING/MOSES GUNN/KELLY RIPA Mohandas Gandhi (1869) On this date: Invention of The Soul Train TV Broadcast Doable Wednesday International Day of Non-Violence Rosh Hashana | 3 We remember composer/band leader Frank Francis Johnson 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. Anticipating Thursday Religion: Rosh Hashanah | 4 National Taco Day Happy Birthday, RUSSELL SIMMONS Rutherford Hayes (1822) We remember Diahann Carroll (d. 2019). Pleasant Friday | 5 Chester Arthur (1829) Happy Birthday, KATE WINSLET Tyler Perry Studios Official Anniversary (2019) World Teacher Day We remember Bernard 'Bernie Mac' McCullough (10/5/1957-8/9/2008) Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 6 Happy Birthday, LAMMAN RUCKER, THOMAS MCCLAR German-American Day Eco-friendly Sunday | 7 World Smile Day Happy Birthday, TONI BRAXTON/SIMON COWELL/NICOLE ARI PARKER/JOY BEHAR Roses became the US Flower (1986) New Monday | 8 Happy Birthday, NICK CANNON/MATT DAMON/CHEVY CHASE/ROBERT "KOO" BELL, KARYN PARSONS, Rev. JESSE JACKSON National Heritage Day (Turks and Caicos Islands) 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 Happy Birthday, TANYA TUCKER/BEN VEREEN 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) Anticipating Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday Yom Kippur | 12 Happy Birthday, HUGH JACKMAN We remember Tommy "actor" Ford, Dick Gregory, Rudolph Isley (d. 2023) 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 Thanksgiving (Canada) Indigenous Peoples' Day | 15 Happy Birthday, ERIC BENET/GINUWINE/KEYSHIA COLE/PENNY MARSHALL Sept 15 - Oct 15 Last Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month National I Love Lucy Day Interesting Tuesday | 16 Name the creator of the Million Man/Woman March (10/16/95). NATIONAL BOSS'S DAY (USA) We remember Roy Hargove (b. 1969). Kids Fest in NY City National Friends of the Library Week (10/16-22) Doable Wednesday World Food Day | 17 Happy Birthday, EMINEM/YCLEF JEAN/QUEEN NAIJA National Pasta Day Black Poetry Day Anticipating Thursday Sukkot | 18 Happy Birthday, NE YO/ESPERANZA SPALDING/ZAC EFRON/WESLEY JONATHAN/JOE MORTON; State of Alaska Pleasant Friday | 19 Happy Birthday, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY We remember ROBERT 'MIKE' REED (10/19/1932-4/12/1992), and Russell Means. 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 Happy Birthday, KIM KARDASHIAN (WEST) What is the name of the 1st black Holiness Church? New Monday | 22 Happy Birthday, JULIE DASH We remember Russell Means (10/10/39-10/22/12); Carrie Fisher b. Interesting Tuesday | 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 Doable Wednesday | 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), Anticipating Thursday | 25 We remember Pablo Picasso (1881); Fats Domino. Happy Birthday CIARA/KATY PERRY Pleasant Friday International Artist Day | 26 We remember Mahalia Jackson 1911-1972 Happy Birthday, PAT SAJACK; former first lady Hillary Clinton 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 Happy Birthday, GABRIELLE UNION/TRACEE ELLIS ROSS School segregation ended on this day - 1969 We remember Al Molinaro "Happy Days ... Al Delvecchio". (d. 2015), Keith 'singer' Wilder (d. 2017), John 'comedian/actor' Witherspoon (d. 2019) Interesting Tuesday | 30 John Adams (1735) National Dashiki Day Happy Birthday, NIA LONG/EVA MARCILLE/OTIS 'BIG DADDY' WILLIAMS/HENRY WINKLER Doable Wednesday | 31 We remember Ethel "singer" Waters; Rosalind Cash Halloween/Hallelujah Night Happy Birthday, State of NEVADA/WILLOW SMITH Anticipating Thursday | 1 Nationally Military Family Appreciation Month Family Stories Month National Adoption Month National Entrepreneurship Month Religion: Black Catholic History Month; today, All Catholic Saint's Day Hosted Theme: Native American Appreciation Month National Family Caregiver Month National Homeless Youth Awareness Month Pleasant Friday Religion: Diwali (Hindu - Festival of Lights) | 2 We remember Roy Hargove (d. 2018). James Polk (1795)/Warren Harding (1865) All Soul's Day (Mexico), Dia de los Muertos Happy Birthday, State of NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA Baltimore City Maryland: William Donald Schaefer Day Investment Saturday Daylight Saving Time Ends | |||