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• National No Phone Zone Day; International Jazz Day
• National Hair Stylist Appreciation Day (Year 2024)
• Happy Birthday, State of LOUISIANA/WILLIE NELSON/CLORIS LEACHMAN/CHRISTINA HENDRICKS/DAMON DASH
• International Jazz Day
• Eco-friendly Sunday		1
• We remember Chris "Kross" Kelly; Happy Birthday, TINA CAMPBELL (MARY/MARY)/HEIDI KLUM/DJ REFLEX
• It's National Military Appreciation Month; Older Americans Month; Mental Health Awareness Month; National Small Business Month.
• Hosted Theme: Women Appreciation Month. It is also the beginning of my summer-hours activities (May - August, yearly).
• Holocaust Rememberance Day begins at Sundown
• Hawaii Lei Day; Primero de Mayo (Mexico)
• 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
• Happy Birthday DWAYNE JOHNSON
• Social Event: Our Annual Summer Challenge Theme Announced In May
• We remember Angela Bofill (b. 1954).
• 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
• 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
• Happy Birthday, MARY'actress'MCDONOUGH
• Anticipating Thursday
• National Day of Prayer		5
• Happy Birthda1y, CHRIS BROWN/ANN 'ALICE' DAVIS/ADELE/RAHEEM DEVAUGHN
• Japan holiday: Children's Day and Boys' Day
• Urini Nal (Children's Day - S Korea)
• Europe Day (celebrated today & 5/9 yearly)
• We remember Johnnie Taylor
• Who's 1st song was "That's All Right, Mama"?
• Bloomsday (Global)
• African World Heritage Day
• Pleasant Friday		6
• Library Day, USA
• UK: King Charles Coronation (2023)
• 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)
• Investment Saturday
• National Nurses Day
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• We remember music producer Andre Harell (d. 2020).
• Name the 1st black to own a television station
• TV Special: Movie and TV Awards (MTV)
• Happy Birthday, LYNN WHITFIELD!
• Eco-friendly Sunday		8
• Former Pres. Harry S. Truman, 1884
• Fulton J. Sheen (1895)
• 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.
• New Monday		9
• Happy Birthday, BILLY JOEL/ROSARIO DAWSON/AUDRINA PATRIDGE
• Europe Day
• 1st Cartoon Published (1754)
• John Brown (1800)
• Sir James Barrie (1860)
• We remember, Vidal Sassoon 1/17/1928-5/9/2012; Ottavio Missoni; musician Little Richard (d.2020)
• Interesting Tuesday		10
• Peace Day
• We remember rapper Craig Mack (b.), singer Betty Wright (d. 2020)
• Happy Birthday, CHARISE/BONO
• Name 1st black to have a school named in their honor
• Military Spouse Appreciation 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
• Happy Birthday, KIM FIELDS/EMILY VANCAMP/MALIN AKERMAN
• Children's Day/Boys' Day
• Pleasant Friday
• Naitional Military Spouse Day		13
• We remember Doris 'actress' Day (d. 2019).
• Tulip Day
• Happy Birthday, DARIUS RUCKER/STEVIE WONDER/LARI WHITE/ROBT PATTINSON/STEPHEN COLBERT
• Investment Saturday
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• 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
• L. Frank Baum (1856)
• Popular Christian Occurrence: Pentecost
• International Day of Families
• Peace Officers Memorial Day
• We remember Jackie Shane (b. 1940).
• 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)
• We remember Dennis Hopper 5/17/36-5/29/20; Donna Summers 12/31/48-5/17/12
• Happy Birthday, BOB SAGET
• National Safe Boating Week begins
• 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
• Black Rodeo, Little Rock Ak
• 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
• Pleasant Friday		20
• What is a Qu'ran?
• Happy Birthday, CHER/BUSTA RHYMES
• Antoinette Blackwell (1825)
• We remember Robin Gibb (12/22/1949-5/20/2012)
• Blue Jean product Birthday
• Investment Saturday
• Armed Forces Day
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• 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
• Eco-friendly Sunday		22
• Happy Birthday, GINNIFER GOODWIN/NAOMI CAMPBELL
• National Maritime Day
• Lag BaOmer
• What religious organization was the 1st to distribute Holy Bible in hotels?
• New Monday
• Victoria Day (Canada)		23
• We remember Moms Mabley d. 5/23/1975, b. 3/19/1897
• Happy Birthday, State of SOUTH CAROLINA/MAXWELL/DREW CAREY
• Interesting Tuesday		24
• National Shoe Week
• 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)
• Doable Wednesday		25
• Name the 1st black woman to host a weekday talk show? On this day was the last episode of the "Oprah Winfrey Show."
• Happy Birthday, IAN MCKELLEN; LESLIE UGGAM
• 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
• (View celebrities that have served our country)
• Africa (continent) Day
• 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
• We remember Carrie Smith (8/25/1941-5/27/2012)
• Julia Ward Rowe (1819)
• Happy Birthday, LOUIS GOSSETT, JR/TODD BRIDGES/ANDRE 3000
• Investment Saturday
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• 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)
• 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		30
• Happy Birthday, WYNONNA JUDD/RALPH CARTER/CEELO GREEN
• We remember Ali-Ollie Woodson (9/12/1951-5/30-2010)
• Interesting Tuesday		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		1
• Happy Birthday, State of KENTUCKY and TENNESSEE.
• First Sunday in June: Annual German World Heritage Day
• Hosted Theme: MEN APPRECIATION MONTH
• June is also National Immigrant Heritage Month
• We remember Jean "TV Name Edith Bunker" Stapleton/Ann "TV Name Alice of The Bradys" Davis
• Happy Birthday, JADAKISS/HEIDI KLUM/MORGAN FREEMAN/MARK CURRY
• 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
• Anticipating Thursday		2
• 5th Philadelphia Roots Picnic, 6/2-6/3
• We remember Rue McClanahan (2/21/1934-6/2/2010), Kathryn Joosten d., Richard 'Family Feud Host' Dawson
• Happy Birthday, CORNEL WEST/KIKI SHEPARD/WAYNE BRADY/DENNIS HAYSBERT/JERRY MATHERS
• Queen Elizabeth's 70th Jubilee (6/2 - 6/5): International (UK).
• Pleasant Friday		3
• We remember Curtis Mayfield (6/3/1942-5/26/1999), Josephine Baker, Ellen Corby, Clarence Fountain (d. 2018).
• Happy Birthday, DENIECE WILLIAMS
• 50th Dramatists Guild Fund Celebration, NY
• Maryland: Chesapeake Chamber Music's 27th Annual Festival, 6/3-17
• Investment Saturday