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• National School Choice Week (1/26-2/1)
• National Spouse Day
• AUSTRALIA DAY
• REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA)
• Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS
• We remember Robert Hegyes
• Neighborly Spiritual Eco-friendly Sunday		27
• Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON
• National Chocolate Cake Day
• We remember MOZART (1756)
• Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961
• Neighborly New Monday		28
• Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901
• Happy Birthday, ANTHONY HAMILTON/THE DREAM/J-COLE/RAKIM/RICK ROSS/ALAN ALDA/MONIFA CARTER
• We remember daytime soap actress Marj Dusay (d. 2020), Cicely Tyson (d.2021).
• Neighborly Interesting Tuesday		29
• National Corn Chip Day and Puzzle Day
• Chinese New Year
• Happy Birthday, OPRAH WINFREY/ADAM LAMBERT/TOM SELLECK/JUDY NORTON TAYLOR/CHARLIE WILSON/State of KANSAS/SARA GILBERT. We remember, James Ingram (d. 2019).
• Name the 1st person to sing gospel @ the Apollo Theater
• Neighborly Doable Wednesday		30
• Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY
• We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022).
• Name 1st black to design a US coin.
• Death of Gandhi of India
• Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882
• Neighborly Anticipating Thursday		31
• Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON
• King Stitt d. 1/31/2012
• Neighborly Pleasant Friday		1
• We remember Langston Hughes d.1967; Rick James d. 2004; Don Cornelius d. 2012; Sherman Hemsley d. 2012; Dennis Edwards d. 2018; Marc 'Simpsons' writer Wilmore d. 2021; Lisa Marie Presley d. 2022
• National Freedom Day
• Islam Faith: Hijab Day
• Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI
• Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month
• William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624)
• Neighborly Investment Saturday
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• Where was the 1st African Day parade?
• CANDLEMAS DAY or End of Christmas-Epiphany Season
• We remember Sylvia "Soul Food" Woods 2/2/1926-7/19/2012, Dennis "Tempations" Edwards 2/3/1943 - 2/2/2018; Danny 'James Brown's Emcee' Ray
• Happy Birthday, SHAKIRA/CHRISTIE BRINKLEY
• Neighborly Spiritual Eco-friendly Sunday
• Christian Faith: 1st Sunday of a New Month		3
• We remember Ben Gazzara; Maurice White; Dennis Edwards (b. 1943). co-producer Gene Reynolds (d. 2020); actor Kirk Douglas (d. 2020).
• Where is the 1st statue of a black and for whom?
• Happy Birthday YOUNG M.A
• Neighborly New Monday		4
• Happy Birthday JEREMY RENNER, TABITHA BROWN, NICOLLE WALLACE
• Thank-A-Letter Mail Carrier Day
• We remember Rosa Lee Parks (1913); Unofficial Rosa Parks Day; Conrad Brian (b. 1923)
• Neighborly Interesting Tuesday		5
• We remember actor Kevin Conway (d. 2020); Christopher Plummer (d. 2021)
• Name the creator of Kwanzaa in America.
• Name the two students who created a world wide religion
• Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN
• Neighborly Doable Wednesday		6
• Happy Birthday, State of MASSACHUSETTS/ZSA ZSA GABOR/MIKE'actor'FARRELL/ROBERT TOWNSEND
• We remember Bob Marley 2/6/1945-5/9/1981; Natalie Cole
• Name the 1st black male to host a national talk show.
• WAITANGI DAY/NEW ZEALAND DAY
• Berlin Film Festival (2/6-16)
• We remember former pres. Ronald Reagan, 1911
• Neighborly Anticipating Thursday		7
• Happy Birthday, GARTH BROOKS/CHRIS ROCK/ASHTON KUTCHER
• Neighborly Pleasant Friday		8
• We remember Gary Coleman 2/8/1968-5/28/2010; actress Paula Kelly (d. 2020); actor Robert Conrad (d. 2020), singer & humanitarian Mary Wilson (d. 2021).
• Neighborly Investment Saturday
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• William Henry Harrison (1773)
• Happy Birthday, CAROLE KING/ALICE WALKER/RONNIE CLAIRE"CORABETH WALTON"EDWARDS
• Who created the National Negro Baseball League?
• Name the Ohio college that graduated their 1st class of black women.
• Neighborly Spiritual Eco-friendly Sunday
• Superbowl 		10
• Who created Father's Day?
• Happy Birthday ROBERTA FLACK/EMMA ROBERTS/YARA SHAHIDI
• Neighborly New Monday		11
• We remember Thomas Edison (d. 1847); Whitney Houston (d. 2012); Paula Kelly (d.2020)
• Happy Birthday, BRANDY NORWOOD/JENNIFER ANISTON/BURT REYNOLDS/TAYLOR LAUTNER/KELLY ROWLAND/SHERYL CROW/JAZZ RAYCOLE
• Neighborly Interesting Tuesday		12
• Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
• We remember Al Jarreau.
• Happy Birthday, ARSENIO HALL/ELLE VARNER
• How did Chicago get its name?
• Neighborly Doable Wednesday		13
• World Radio Day
• Happy Birthday, BEN POWERS
• Name the 1st woman to make an album.
• 1ST Public School Opened (1635)
• Family Day (Canada)
• Neighborly Anticipating Thursday		14
• TV Special: British Academy Film Awards (BBC)
• We remember Florence Henderson (d. 2016); actress Esther Scott (d. 2020).
• First African-American record created by Mamie Smith
• VALENTINE'S DAY
• Happy Birthday, State of ARIZONA and OREGON; HEART EVANGELISTA
• Neighborly Pleasant Friday
• NBA All-Star Weekend (2/14 - 2/16)		15
• We remember Denise "Vanity" Matthew.
• Happy Birthday, JANE' actress' SEYMOUR/AMBER 'actress' RILEY
• Name the 1st black actress to play the role of Queen Sheba
• National Flag of Canada Day
• Neighborly Investment Saturday
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• Happy Birthday, ICE-T/LAVAR BURTON/LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS
• Nationally: Caregivers' Day
• We remember "singer" Leslie Gore; "singer: James Ingram (b.1952); actress Kellye Nakahara (d. 2020)
• Neighborly Spiritual Eco-friendly Sunday		17
• Name the King of Rock & Roll.
• What does "X" mean?
• Happy Birthday PARIS HILTON/CHANTE MOORE/JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT
• What is the meaning of Assalaamu Alaikum?
• We remember Ethel Ennis. (d. 2019); singer and actress Ja' Net Dubois (d. 2020).
• Neighborly New Monday
• Presidents' Day		18
• Happy Birthday DAY 26/JOHN TRAVOLTA/CHANTE MOORE
• We remember Maria von Trapp (2014).
• President's Day
• Neighborly Interesting Tuesday		19
• We remember Lou Myers (TV actor, Vernon Gaines).
• Name the artist who designed the official portrait of Bill Clinton.
• International Friendship Day
• Happy Birthday, SMOKEY ROBINSON
• Neighborly Doable Wednesday		20
• Happy Birthday, SIDNEY POITIER, RIHANNA, CINDY CRAWFORD
• Name the 1st black group to be on the Billboards 100 chart.
• We remember Nancy Wilson (birthday).
• World Day of Social Justice
• Neighborly Anticipating Thursday		21
• Minister Malik (Malcolm X) death - 1965
• We remember Rue McClanahan 2/21/1934-6/2/2010/; Nina Simone (b.); Jackie Shane (d.2019); politician John Lewis (b.)
• Happy Birthday, AUNJANUE ELLIS-TAYLOR, TYNE DALY/KELSEY GRAMMER
• Neighborly Pleasant Friday		22
• Name the 1st black musician award show.
• Who sang her 1st solo in New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit?
• National Pretty Brown Girl Day
• We remember, producer Bud Yorkin; model B. Smith (d. 2020).
• Happy Birthday, DREW BARRYMORE
• George Washington's Birthday
• Neighborly Investment Saturday
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• Happy Birthday, NIECY NASH
• Neighborly Spiritual Eco-friendly Sunday		24
• Heritage Day (Canada)
• Financial Health: Working People's Day
• National TV Turnoff Week begins.
• We remember actor Ben Cooper (d. 2020); actor Diana Serra Cary (d. 2020).
• Neighborly New Monday		25
• We remember daytime soap writer Lee Phillip Bell (d. 2020).
• Happy Birthday, RASHIDA JONES/SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL
• Name the 1st two rap records.
• Neighborly Interesting Tuesday		26
• Happy Birthday, ERYKAH BADU.
• We remember Fats Domino (b. 1928).
• ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF BIRTH, MASTER FARD MUHAMMAD
• Neighborly Doable Wednesday		27
• Happy Birthday, CHILLI of TLC
• Name the 1st lady to place black art in the White House.
• We remember Elizabeth Taylor 2/27/1932-3/23/2011; Leonard Nimoy (actor Mr. Spock); Marian Anderson; Nathanial Taylor (d. 2019).
• Neighborly Anticipating Thursday		28
• Happy Birthday, TASHA SMITH
• Feb. 29 We remember Davy Jones; deceased Gavin 'actor' MacLeod (b.1931)
• Neighborly Pleasant Friday
• (Faith) Ramadan begins at Sundown		1
• It is National Keep America Beautiful Month; Youth Art Month; National Craft Month; Music In Our School Month; Women's History Month; Ntl.Nutrition Month; Irish American History Month
• Happy Birthday, State of OHIO/NEBRASKA/JUSTIN BEIBER/HARRY BELAFONTE/LUPITA NYONGO
• Hosted Theme: USA: White American Appreciation Month
• We remember Angie Stone (d. 2025)
• Neighborly Investment Saturday