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W1 | 30 National Hair Stylist Appreciation Day (Year 2024) International Jazz Day Happy Birthday, State of LOUISIANA/WILLIE NELSON/CLORIS LEACHMAN/CHRISTINA HENDRICKS/DAMON DASH National No Phone Zone Day; International Jazz Day EcoFriendly Sunday | 1 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) 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) New Monday | 2 National Day of Prayer Holocaust Rememberance Day Social Event: Our Annual Summer Challenge Theme Announced In May Happy Birthday DWAYNE JOHNSON Interesting Tuesday Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. | 3 World Press Freedom Day 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 Doable Wednesday It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family! | 4 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 National Teachers' Day Anticipating Thursday It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family! | 5 Who's 1st song was "That's All Right, Mama"? Europe Day (celebrated today & 5/9 yearly) We remember Johnnie Taylor Japan holiday: Children's Day and Boys' Day Urini Nal (Children's Day - S Korea) Happy Birthda1y, CHRIS BROWN/ANN 'ALICE' DAVIS/ADELE/RAHEEM DEVAUGHN African World Heritage Day Pleasant Friday In Theatres: Guardians of the Galaxy | 6 Happy Birthday, GABOUREY SIDIBE/GEORGE CLOONEY/LYNN WHITFIELD/ROMA DOWNEY/TOM BERGERON National Travel & Tourism Week (5/6 - 12) Provider Appreciation Day, global We remember George 'Gooper Pyle' Lindsey UK: King Charles Coronation (2023) Library Day, USA Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 7 Name the 1st black to own a television station Happy Birthday, LYNN WHITFIELD! TV Special: Movie and TV Awards (MTV) We remember music producer Andre Harell (d. 2020). EcoFriendly Sunday Monthly Blog Available: www.onlinefamilyshoppers.blogspot.com | 8 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. National Skilled Nursing Care Week 5/8 - 5/14. Former Pres. Harry S. Truman, 1884 Fulton J. Sheen (1895) New Monday | 9 Happy Birthday, BILLY JOEL/ROSARIO DAWSON/AUDRINA PATRIDGE John Brown (1800) Sir James Barrie (1860) We remember, Vidal Sassoon 1/17/1928-5/9/2012; Ottavio Missoni; musician Little Richard (d.2020) 1st Cartoon Published (1754) Europe Day Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. Interesting Tuesday | 10 Peace Day Happy Birthday, CHARISE/BONO Name 1st black to have a school named in their honor We remember rapper Craig Mack (b.), singer Betty Wright (d. 2020) Military Spouse Appreciation Day Doable Wednesday It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family! | 11 Name 1st black founder/owner of black cable network Happy Birthday, State of MINNESOTA/We acknowledge Min. LOUIS FARRAKHAN Anticipating Thursday It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family! | 12 Children's Day/Boys' Day Happy Birthday, KIM FIELDS/EMILY VANCAMP/MALIN AKERMAN Pleasant Friday In Theatres: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | 13 Happy Birthday, DARIUS RUCKER/STEVIE WONDER/LARI WHITE/ROBT PATTINSON/STEPHEN COLBERT We remember Doris 'actress' Day (d. 2019). Tulip Day 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 EcoFriendly Sunday Mother's Day | 15 We remember Jackie Shane (b. 1940). L. Frank Baum (1856) International Day of Families Peace Officers Memorial Day Popular Christian Occurrence: Pentecost 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 Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. Interesting Tuesday | 17 We remember Dennis Hopper 5/17/36-5/29/20; Donna Summers 12/31/48-5/17/12 Happy Birthday, BOB SAGET N.Y. Stock Exchange Established (1792) Doable Wednesday It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family! | 18 Happy Birthday TINA FEY/ROB BASE GINYARD International Museum Day We remember "singer" Jerry Vale; Ken "Eddie Haskell" Osmond d. 2020. Anticipating Thursday It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family! | 19 DAY OF MALCOLM X'S BIRTH, 1925. Anniversary of Duke and Duchess of Sussex (UK, Harry & Meghan) We remember Paul comedian Mooney. (d.2021) Happy Birthday, GRACE JONES Black Rodeo, Little Rock Ak Pleasant Friday In Theatres: Everything, Everything; Alien: Covenant | 20 Antoinette Blackwell (1825) Blue Jean product Birthday Happy Birthday, CHER/BUSTA RHYMES What is a Qu'ran? We remember Robin Gibb (12/22/1949-5/20/2012) Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 21 Minister Malcolm X pilgrimage to Mecca - 1964 New Name: Malik el Shabazz Happy Birthday, MR. T/RON ISLEY We remember Notorious 'B.I.G.' Smalls 5/21/1972-3/9/1997 International Tea Time EcoFriendly Sunday | 22 Lag BaOmer What religious organization was the 1st to distribute Holy Bible in hotels? National Maritime Day Happy Birthday, GINNIFER GOODWIN/NAOMI CAMPBELL New Monday | 23 Happy Birthday, State of SOUTH CAROLINA/MAXWELL/DREW CAREY We remember Moms Mabley d. 5/23/1975, b. 3/19/1897 Interesting Tuesday Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. | 24 Happy Birthday, PATTI LABELLE/BOB DYLAN/GARY'actor' BURGHOFF We remember Tina Turner (d. 2023); Hal Jackson, 11/3/?-5/24/12 We remember Queen Victoria (1819) National Shoe Week Doable Wednesday It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family! | 25 Africa (continent) Day Happy Birthday, IAN MCKELLEN; LESLIE UGGAM 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 Anticipating Thursday It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family! | 26 Happy Birthday, PAM GRIER/LENNY KRAVITZ/LAURYN HILL/OCTAVIA SPENCER We remember John Wayne (1907), Miles Davis In Theatres: Baywatch; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Pleasant Friday | 27 Happy Birthday, LOUIS GOSSETT, JR/TODD BRIDGES/ANDRE 3000 Julia Ward Rowe (1819) We remember Carrie Smith (8/25/1941-5/27/2012) Ramadan Begins 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 EcoFriendly Sunday | 29 John F. Kennedy (1917) We remember Doc Watson d.; Gavin 'actor' MacLeod (d. 2021) Why do choirs march into the church? Happy Birthday, State of WISCONSIN/RHODE ISLAND/LATOYA JACKSON/REBBIE JACKSON/MELANIE BROWN New Monday Memorial Day (USA) | 30 Happy Birthday, WYNONNA JUDD/RALPH CARTER/CEELO GREEN We remember Ali-Ollie Woodson (9/12/1951-5/30-2010) Interesting Tuesday Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. | 31 Happy Birthday, SHARON GLESS/BROOKE SHIELDS/CLINT EASTWOOD/singer NORMANI/actress MERLE DANDRIDGE Final Episode of New Monday Show w/ Sherlene Stevens (5/31/23) Doable Wednesday It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family! | 1 Hosted Theme: MEN APPRECIATION 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 Happy Birthday, State of KENTUCKY and TENNESSEE. 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 June is also National Immigrant Heritage Month Anticipating Thursday It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family! | 2 Queen Elizabeth's 70th Jubilee (6/2 - 6/5): International (UK). Happy Birthday, CORNEL WEST/KIKI SHEPARD/WAYNE BRADY/DENNIS HAYSBERT/JERRY MATHERS 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 In Theatres: Wonder Woman | 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 Maryland: Chesapeake Chamber Music's 27th Annual Festival, 6/3-17 Happy Birthday, DENIECE WILLIAMS Investment Saturday | |||