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W1 | 30 National No Phone Zone Day; International Jazz Day International Jazz Day National Hair Stylist Appreciation Day (Year 2024) Happy Birthday, State of LOUISIANA/WILLIE NELSON/CLORIS LEACHMAN/CHRISTINA HENDRICKS/DAMON DASH Eco-friendly Sunday | 1 Hosted Theme: Women Appreciation Month. It is also the beginning of my summer-hours activities (May - August, yearly). We remember Chris "Kross" Kelly; Happy Birthday, TINA CAMPBELL (MARY/MARY)/HEIDI KLUM/DJ REFLEX International Bereaved Mother's Day; May Day: Law Day; Mother Goose Day; Labor Day (Barbados) It's National Military Appreciation Month; Older Americans Month; Asia Pacific American Heritage Month; Mental Health Awareness Month Holocaust Rememberance Day begins at Sundown Hawaii Lei Day; Primero de Mayo (Mexico) New Monday | 2 National Day of Prayer Happy Birthday DWAYNE JOHNSON Social Event: Our Annual Summer Challenge Theme Announced In May Holocaust Rememberance Day Interesting Tuesday | 3 Name the 1st black teacher in North America. We remember James Brown (Father of Soul) 5/3/1933-12/25/2006 Happy Birthday, KIMORA LEE SIMMONS/ANGELA BOFILL World Press Freedom Day Doable Wednesday | 4 National Teachers' Day Happy Birthday, MARY'actress'MCDONOUGH Name the 1st black-owned business to host a black t.v. show We remember Nick Ashford's birth today d./Adam Yauch 8/5/1964-5/4/12 Anticipating Thursday National Day of Prayer | 5 Japan holiday: Children's Day and Boys' Day Europe Day (celebrated today & 5/9 yearly) Happy Birthda1y, CHRIS BROWN/ANN 'ALICE' DAVIS/ADELE/RAHEEM DEVAUGHN Urini Nal (Children's Day - S Korea) We remember Johnnie Taylor African World Heritage Day Who's 1st song was "That's All Right, Mama"? Pleasant Friday | 6 Library Day, USA We remember George 'Gooper Pyle' Lindsey Provider Appreciation Day, global Happy Birthday, GABOUREY SIDIBE/GEORGE CLOONEY/LYNN WHITFIELD/ROMA DOWNEY/TOM BERGERON National Travel & Tourism Week (5/6 - 12) UK: King Charles Coronation (2023) Investment Saturday National Nurses Day | |||
W2 | 7 TV Special: Movie and TV Awards (MTV) Happy Birthday, LYNN WHITFIELD! Name the 1st black to own a television station We remember music producer Andre Harell (d. 2020). Eco-friendly Sunday | 8 Former Pres. Harry S. Truman, 1884 Fulton J. Sheen (1895) National Skilled Nursing Care Week 5/8 - 5/14. We remember Mauric Sendak, Jeanne "Katherine Chancellor" Cooper d., Dana Plato 11/7/64 - 5/8/99 d.; Happy Birthday, ROBERT "Bob" JOHNSON/ENRIQUE IGLESIAS. New Monday | 9 John Brown (1800) Sir James Barrie (1860) Happy Birthday, BILLY JOEL/ROSARIO DAWSON/AUDRINA PATRIDGE Europe Day 1st Cartoon Published (1754) We remember, Vidal Sassoon 1/17/1928-5/9/2012; Ottavio Missoni; musician Little Richard (d.2020) Interesting Tuesday | 10 We remember rapper Craig Mack (b.), singer Betty Wright (d. 2020) Military Spouse Appreciation Day Name 1st black to have a school named in their honor Happy Birthday, CHARISE/BONO Peace Day Doable Wednesday | 11 Happy Birthday, State of MINNESOTA/We acknowledge Min. LOUIS FARRAKHAN Name 1st black founder/owner of black cable network Anticipating Thursday | 12 Children's Day/Boys' Day Happy Birthday, KIM FIELDS/EMILY VANCAMP/MALIN AKERMAN Pleasant Friday Naitional Military Spouse Day | 13 Happy Birthday, DARIUS RUCKER/STEVIE WONDER/LARI WHITE/ROBT PATTINSON/STEPHEN COLBERT Tulip Day We remember Doris 'actress' Day (d. 2019). Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 14 Happy Birthday, CATE BLANCHETT/SHANICE"singer" WILSON/MARK ZUCKERBERG We remember B.B. King aka King of Blues b. 9/16/25 Eco-friendly Sunday National Mother's Day | 15 International Day of Families Popular Christian Occurrence: Pentecost We remember Jackie Shane (b. 1940). L. Frank Baum (1856) Peace Officers Memorial Day New Monday | 16 Happy Birthday, JANET JACKSON/TORI SPELLING/SOMMORE We remember Chuck Brown (8/22/36-5/16/12), Doug Dillard, "batgirl actress" Yvonne Craig Interesting Tuesday | 17 N.Y. Stock Exchange Established (1792) Happy Birthday, BOB SAGET We remember Dennis Hopper 5/17/36-5/29/20; Donna Summers 12/31/48-5/17/12 Doable Wednesday | 18 Happy Birthday TINA FEY/ROB BASE GINYARD International Museum Day We remember "singer" Jerry Vale; Ken "Eddie Haskell" Osmond d. 2020. Anticipating Thursday | 19 We remember Paul comedian Mooney. (d.2021) Anniversary of Duke and Duchess of Sussex (UK, Harry & Meghan) DAY OF MALCOLM X'S BIRTH, 1925. Happy Birthday, GRACE JONES Black Rodeo, Little Rock Ak Pleasant Friday | 20 Blue Jean product Birthday Antoinette Blackwell (1825) We remember Robin Gibb (12/22/1949-5/20/2012) Happy Birthday, CHER/BUSTA RHYMES What is a Qu'ran? Investment Saturday Armed Forces Day | |||
W4 | 21 Minister Malcolm X pilgrimage to Mecca - 1964 New Name: Malik el Shabazz We remember Notorious 'B.I.G.' Smalls 5/21/1972-3/9/1997 Happy Birthday, MR. T/RON ISLEY International Tea Time Eco-friendly Sunday | 22 Lag BaOmer What religious organization was the 1st to distribute Holy Bible in hotels? Happy Birthday, GINNIFER GOODWIN/NAOMI CAMPBELL National Maritime Day New Monday Victoria Day (Canada) | 23 Happy Birthday, State of SOUTH CAROLINA/MAXWELL/DREW CAREY We remember Moms Mabley d. 5/23/1975, b. 3/19/1897 Interesting Tuesday | 24 We remember Tina Turner (d. 2023); Hal Jackson, 11/3/?-5/24/12 National Shoe Week We remember Queen Victoria (1819) Happy Birthday, PATTI LABELLE/BOB DYLAN/GARY'actor' BURGHOFF Doable Wednesday | 25 Africa (continent) Day Name the 1st black woman to host a weekday talk show? On this day was the last episode of the "Oprah Winfrey Show." (View celebrities that have served our country) Global Tap Dance Day We remember Ivan Van Sertima (African Historian) 1/26/1935-5/25/2009, Bill 'BOJANGLES' Robinson d.11/25/1949, Lee Chamberlin (actress and playwright),Dixie Carter Happy Birthday, IAN MCKELLEN; LESLIE UGGAM Anticipating Thursday | 26 Happy Birthday, PAM GRIER/LENNY KRAVITZ/LAURYN HILL/OCTAVIA SPENCER We remember John Wayne (1907), Miles Davis Pleasant Friday Buddha's Birthday | 27 Julia Ward Rowe (1819) Happy Birthday, LOUIS GOSSETT, JR/TODD BRIDGES/ANDRE 3000 We remember Carrie Smith (8/25/1941-5/27/2012) Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 28 We remember Gary Coleman (2/8/1968-5/28/2010), Maya Angelou (4/4/1928-5/28/2014) Happy Birthday, JAHEIM/GLADYS KNIGHT Eco-friendly Sunday Pentecost | 29 John F. Kennedy (1917) Happy Birthday, State of WISCONSIN/RHODE ISLAND/LATOYA JACKSON/REBBIE JACKSON/MELANIE BROWN We remember Doc Watson d.; Gavin 'actor' MacLeod (d. 2021) Why do choirs march into the church? New Monday Memorial Day | 30 We remember Ali-Ollie Woodson (9/12/1951-5/30-2010) Happy Birthday, WYNONNA JUDD/RALPH CARTER/CEELO GREEN Interesting Tuesday | 31 Final Episode of New Monday Show w/ Sherlene Stevens (5/31/23) Happy Birthday, SHARON GLESS/BROOKE SHIELDS/CLINT EASTWOOD/singer NORMANI/actress MERLE DANDRIDGE Doable Wednesday | 1 Happy Birthday, State of KENTUCKY and TENNESSEE. June is also National Immigrant Heritage Month Hosted Theme: MEN APPRECIATION MONTH It's National Black Music Month; DJ Month; It's National Caribbean American Heritage Month; Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Month; Dairy Month; Camping Month; National Soul Food Month Happy Birthday, JADAKISS/HEIDI KLUM/MORGAN FREEMAN/MARK CURRY We remember Jean "TV Name Edith Bunker" Stapleton/Ann "TV Name Alice of The Bradys" Davis Anticipating Thursday | 2 Happy Birthday, CORNEL WEST/KIKI SHEPARD/WAYNE BRADY/DENNIS HAYSBERT/JERRY MATHERS Queen Elizabeth's 70th Jubilee (6/2 - 6/5): International (UK). We remember Rue McClanahan (2/21/1934-6/2/2010), Kathryn Joosten d., Richard 'Family Feud Host' Dawson 5th Philadelphia Roots Picnic, 6/2-6/3 Pleasant Friday | 3 We remember Curtis Mayfield (6/3/1942-5/26/1999), Josephine Baker, Ellen Corby, Clarence Fountain (d. 2018). 50th Dramatists Guild Fund Celebration, NY Happy Birthday, DENIECE WILLIAMS Maryland: Chesapeake Chamber Music's 27th Annual Festival, 6/3-17 Investment Saturday | |||