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W1 | 30 Happy Birthday, TYRESE/SHERYL LEE RALPH/ANDRA DAY Kwanzaa: (Nia/Purpose) Who created the new age of American music with this song, "Rock Around the Clock". 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 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. Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Ntl Hobby Month Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. | 2 Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS National Buffet Day We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Doable Wednesday It's Facebook Wednesday, Dear FB Audience Family! | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska It's Twitter Thursday, Dear Twitter Audience Family! Anticipating Thursday | 4 Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Pleasant Friday | 5 National Whipped Cream Day Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 6 The cutting of "Le Gateau des Rois" ends Canadian festive holiday FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY/Little Christmas Happy Birthday, State of NEW MEXICO/JULIE CHEN Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 7 We remember Sidney Poiter (d. 2022); Adam "Eight is Enough" Rich (d. 2023). Ethopia's Christmas Day celebration Who created the Wall Street Journal? Click here to find out. 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, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Doable Wednesday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Anticipating Thursday | 11 Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? We remember Claude Nobs Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD National Milk Day Pleasant Friday | 12 Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 13 St. Knut's Day, Sweden Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Traditionally the coldest day of the year. We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 14 Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN 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) We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) National Dress Up Your Pet Day Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 15 Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Strawberry Ice Cream Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Interesting Tuesday | 16 Ntl Good Teen Day We remember "singer" Aliyah. Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE 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 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS 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 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 World Religion Day Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National Day of Patriotism We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. How did DC get its name? National DJ Day Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 21 Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN. We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019) National Hug Day New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast Rare Super Blood Moon | 22 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Chinese New Year We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Interesting Tuesday | 23 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON National Pie Day (Food) TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Doable Wednesday | 24 National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI We remember James Farentino Anticipating Thursday | 25 We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) National Irish Coffee Day Thank Your Mentor Day Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS Pleasant Friday | 26 National Spouses Day AUSTRALIA DAY REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA) We remember Robert Hegyes Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 27 National Chocolate Cake Day Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON We remember MOZART (1756) Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 Happy Birthday, ANTHONY HAMILTON/THE DREAM/J-COLE/RAKIM/RICK ROSS/ALAN ALDA/MONIFA CARTER We remember daytime soap actress Marj Dusay (d. 2020), Cicely Tyson (d.2021). New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 29 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). National Corn Chip Day and Puzzle Day Interesting Tuesday | 30 Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Doable Wednesday | 31 King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON We remember Harold Bradley (d. 2019). Anticipating Thursday | 1 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI National Freedom Day Islam Faith: Hijab Day 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) 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 In Theatres: Miss Bala Pleasant Friday | 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 Happy Birthday, SHAKIRA/CHRISTIE BRINKLEY Where was the 1st African Day parade? CANDLEMAS DAY or End of Christmas-Epiphany Season Investment Saturday | |||