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W1 | 30 Kwanzaa: (Nia/Purpose) Who created the new age of American music with this song, "Rock Around the Clock". Happy Birthday, TYRESE/SHERYL LEE RALPH/ANDRA DAY We remember Barbara Walters (d.2022) Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 31 We remember Donna 'singer' Summer (12/31/48-5/17/12); John Denver (12/31/1943 – 10/12/1997); Natalie 'singer' Cole; Betty 'actress' White (d.2021); Anita 'singer' Pointer (d. 2022) Kwanzaa (Kuumba/Creativity); New Year's Eve New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 1 Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) Ntl Hobby Month IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. | 2 Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA National Buffet Day Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Doable Wednesday It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family! | 3 Happy Birthday, State of Alaska William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Anticipating Thursday It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family! | 4 Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Pleasant Friday | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 6 Happy Birthday, State of NEW MEXICO/JULIE CHEN The cutting of "Le Gateau des Rois" ends Canadian festive holiday FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY/Little Christmas Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 7 Who created the Wall Street Journal? Click here to find out. We remember Sidney Poiter (d. 2022); Adam "Eight is Enough" Rich (d. 2023). Ethopia's Christmas Day celebration 1st US President Election (1789) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 8 Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. Name the person who created a bronze image of Martin Luther King. We remember Elvis Presley 1/8/35-8/16/77; Denise Lasalle 7/16/39 - 1/8/2018. Interesting Tuesday | 9 Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Doable Wednesday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Anticipating Thursday | 11 We remember Claude Nobs National Milk Day Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD Pleasant Friday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 13 Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Traditionally the coldest day of the year. We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. St. Knut's Day, Sweden Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 14 Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) National Dress Up Your Pet Day 2nd Sunday (January): End of our Global December Festive Holiday-Traditions theme activity. Theme should really end Feb. 3, yearly after Candlemas Day (Feb. 2) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 15 Strawberry Ice Cream Day Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Interesting Tuesday | 16 Ntl Good Teen Day Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day We remember "singer" Aliyah. Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Doable Wednesday | 17 We remember Benjamin Franklin Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE National Racial Healing Day Anticipating Thursday | 18 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH Pleasant Friday | 19 National Popcorn Day Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 We remember John Johnson, Jean'actress'Stapleton, Olivia "actress" Cole 11/26/42 - 1/19/18d, James Ingram (d. 2019); musician and composer Jimmy Heath Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. World Religion Day How did DC get its name? National DJ Day National Day of Patriotism Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 21 National Hug Day We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019) Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN. New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast Rare Super Blood Moon | 22 Chinese New Year Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Interesting Tuesday | 23 National Pie Day (Food) 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Doable Wednesday | 24 Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI We remember James Farentino National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Anticipating Thursday | 25 National Irish Coffee Day We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS Thank Your Mentor Day Pleasant Friday | 26 National Spouses 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 27 We remember MOZART (1756) National Chocolate Cake Day Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 We remember daytime soap actress Marj Dusay (d. 2020), Cicely Tyson (d.2021). Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 Happy Birthday, ANTHONY HAMILTON/THE DREAM/J-COLE/RAKIM/RICK ROSS/ALAN ALDA/MONIFA CARTER New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 29 Happy Birthday, OPRAH WINFREY/ADAM LAMBERT/TOM SELLECK/JUDY NORTON TAYLOR/CHARLIE WILSON/State of KANSAS/SARA GILBERT. We remember, James Ingram (d. 2019). National Corn Chip Day and Puzzle Day Name the 1st person to sing gospel @ the Apollo Theater Interesting Tuesday | 30 Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Doable Wednesday | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Anticipating Thursday We remember Harold Bradley (d. 2019). | 1 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) National Freedom Day 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 Islam Faith: Hijab Day Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI Pleasant Friday In Theatres: Miss Bala | 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 Investment Saturday | |||