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• National Corn Chip Day and Puzzle Day
• Name the 1st person to sing gospel @ the Apollo Theater
• Happy Birthday, OPRAH WINFREY/ADAM LAMBERT/TOM SELLECK/JUDY NORTON TAYLOR/CHARLIE WILSON/State of KANSAS/SARA GILBERT. We remember, James Ingram (d. 2019).
• Eco-friendly Sunday		30
• Name 1st black to design a US coin.
• Death of Gandhi of India
• Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882
• Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY
• We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022).
• New Monday		31
• King Stitt d. 1/31/2012
• Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON
• Interesting Tuesday		1
• William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624)
• Islam Faith: Hijab Day
• Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month
• 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
• Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI
• Doable Wednesday		2
• 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
• Where was the 1st African Day parade?
• CANDLEMAS DAY or End of Christmas-Epiphany Season
• Happy Birthday, SHAKIRA/CHRISTIE BRINKLEY
• Anticipating Thursday		3
• Happy Birthday YOUNG M.A
• Where is the 1st statue of a black and for whom?
• We remember Ben Gazzara; Maurice White; Dennis Edwards (b. 1943). co-producer Gene Reynolds (d. 2020); actor Kirk Douglas (d. 2020).
• Pleasant Friday		4
• Happy Birthday, NICOLLE WALLACE
• We remember Rosa Lee Parks (1913); Unofficial Rosa Parks Day; Conrad Brian (b. 1923)
• Thank-A-Letter Mail Carrier Day
• Investment Saturday
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• Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN
• 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
• Eco-friendly Sunday		6
• Berlin Film Festival (2/6-16)
• 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
• We remember former pres. Ronald Reagan, 1911
• Happy Birthday, State of MASSACHUSETTS/ZSA ZSA GABOR/MIKE'actor'FARRELL/ROBERT TOWNSEND
• New Monday		7
• Happy Birthday, GARTH BROOKS/CHRIS ROCK/ASHTON KUTCHER
• Interesting Tuesday		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).
• Doable Wednesday		9
• Who created the National Negro Baseball League?
• Name the Ohio college that graduated their 1st class of black women.
• William Henry Harrison (1773)
• Happy Birthday, CAROLE KING/ALICE WALKER/RONNIE CLAIRE"CORABETH WALTON"EDWARDS
• Anticipating Thursday		10
• Who created Father's Day?
• Happy Birthday ROBERTA FLACK/EMMA ROBERTS/YARA SHAHIDI
• Pleasant Friday
• Valentine's Day Weekend		11
• Happy Birthday, BRANDY NORWOOD/JENNIFER ANISTON/BURT REYNOLDS/TAYLOR LAUTNER/KELLY ROWLAND/SHERYL CROW/JAZZ RAYCOLE
• We remember Thomas Edison (d. 1847); Whitney Houston (d. 2012); Paula Kelly (d.2020)
• Investment Saturday
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• Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
• We remember Al Jarreau.
• How did Chicago get its name?
• Happy Birthday, ARSENIO HALL/ELLE VARNER
• Eco-friendly Sunday		13
• Name the 1st woman to make an album.
• Happy Birthday, BEN POWERS
• World Radio Day
• 1ST Public School Opened (1635)
• Family Day (Canada)
• New Monday		14
• Richard Allen founded AME Church, 1794
• We remember Florence Henderson (d. 2016); actress Esther Scott (d. 2020).
• Happy Birthday, State of ARIZONA and OREGON; HEART EVANGELISTA
• First African-American record created by Mamie Smith
• TV Special: British Academy Film Awards (BBC)
• VALENTINE'S DAY
• Interesting Tuesday		15
• Happy Birthday, JANE' actress' SEYMOUR/AMBER 'actress' RILEY
• We remember Denise "Vanity" Matthew.
• National Flag of Canada Day
• Name the 1st black actress to play the role of Queen Sheba
• PRESIDENTS' DAY
• Doable Wednesday		16
• We remember "singer" Leslie Gore; "singer: James Ingram (b.1952); actress Kellye Nakahara (d. 2020)
• Happy Birthday, ICE-T/LAVAR BURTON/LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS
• Nationally: Caregivers' Day
• Anticipating Thursday		17
• We remember Ethel Ennis. (d. 2019); singer and actress Ja' Net Dubois (d. 2020).
• 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?
• Pleasant Friday		18
• We remember Maria von Trapp (2014).
• Happy Birthday DAY 26/JOHN TRAVOLTA/CHANTE MOORE
• President's Day
• Investment Saturday
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• We remember Lou Myers (TV actor, Vernon Gaines).
• Happy Birthday, SMOKEY ROBINSON
• International Friendship Day
• Name the artist who designed the official portrait of Bill Clinton.
• Eco-friendly Sunday		20
• We remember Nancy Wilson (birthday).
• Name the 1st black group to be on the Billboards 100 chart.
• Happy Birthday, SIDNEY POITIER, RIHANNA, CINDY CRAWFORD
• New Monday		21
• Happy Birthday, TYNE DALY/KELSEY GRAMMER
• We remember Rue McClanahan 2/21/1934-6/2/2010/; Nina Simone (b.); Jackie Shane (d.2019); politician John Lewis (b.)
• Minister Malik (Malcolm X) death - 1965
• Interesting Tuesday
• Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday		22
• National Pretty Brown Girl Day
• We remember, producer Bud Yorkin; model B. Smith (d. 2020).
• Name the 1st black musician award show.
• Who sang her 1st solo in New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit?
• George Washington's Birthday
• Happy Birthday, DREW BARRYMORE
• Doable Wednesday		23
• Happy Birthday, NIECY NASH
• Anticipating Thursday		24
• Heritage Day (Canada)
• We remember actor Ben Cooper (d. 2020); actor Diana Serra Cary (d. 2020).
• National TV Turnoff Week begins.
• Financial Health: Working People's Day
• Pleasant Friday		25
• Happy Birthday, RASHIDA JONES/SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL
• Name the 1st two rap records.
• We remember daytime soap writer Lee Phillip Bell (d. 2020).
• Investment Saturday
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• ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF BIRTH, MASTER FARD MUHAMMAD
• Happy Birthday, ERYKAH BADU.
• We remember Fats Domino (b. 1928).
• Eco-friendly Sunday		27
• Name the 1st lady to place black art in the White House.
• Happy Birthday, CHILLI of TLC
• We remember Elizabeth Taylor 2/27/1932-3/23/2011; Leonard Nimoy (actor Mr. Spock); Marian Anderson; Nathanial Taylor (d. 2019).
• New Monday		28
• Happy Birthday, TASHA SMITH
• Feb. 29 We remember Davy Jones; deceased Gavin 'actor' MacLeod (b.1931)
• Interesting Tuesday		1
• Hosted Theme: USA: White American Appreciation Month
• It is National 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
• Doable Wednesday		2
• We remember Johnny 'actor' Brown (d. 2022)
• Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess; DANIEL CRAIG.
• Anticipating Thursday		3
• Happy Birthday, State of FLORIDA/DARNELL WILLIAMS/JESSICA BIEL
• Dolls' Festival (Japan)
• We remember Steve Bridges d./Ronnie Montrose/Bobby Rogers 2/19/1940-3/3/13/David Ogden d.
• National American Anthem Day
• Financial Health: Employee Appreciation Day
• Pleasant Friday
• New Music: Trusting God (singer Monica)		4
• Name the 1st gospel singer to receive a Walk of Fame Star
• Happy Birthday, State of VERMONT/KIMORA LEE SIMMONS
• The Ultimate Wedding: How old was Princess Diana when she married?
• Investment Saturday