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W1 | 29 Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 1 Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Ntl Hobby Month TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Doable Wednesday | 2 Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) National Buffet Day Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska Pleasant Friday | 4 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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) Interesting Tuesday | 8 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. Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Pleasant Friday | 11 Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD National Milk Day We remember Claude Nobs Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 12 Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Eco-Friendly Sunday | 13 St. Knut's Day, Sweden We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Traditionally the coldest day of the year. New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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) National Dress Up Your Pet Day We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) Interesting Tuesday | 15 Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Strawberry Ice Cream Day Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Doable Wednesday | 16 Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Ntl Good Teen Day Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. We remember "singer" Aliyah. Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 17 National Racial Healing Day We remember Benjamin Franklin Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE Pleasant Friday | 18 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 19 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 National Popcorn Day Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 How did DC get its name? We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National DJ Day World Religion Day Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National Day of Patriotism New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 21 We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019) National Hug Day Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN. Interesting Tuesday | 22 We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Chinese New Year Doable Wednesday | 23 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 National Pie Day (Food) TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 24 Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI We remember James Farentino National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Pleasant Friday | 25 Thank Your Mentor Day Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) National Irish Coffee Day Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 26 Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS National Spouses Day AUSTRALIA DAY REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA) We remember Robert Hegyes Eco-Friendly Sunday | 27 National Chocolate Cake Day We remember MOZART (1756) Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 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). Interesting Tuesday | 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 Doable Wednesday | 30 We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Pleasant Friday New Album: All Monsters Are Human (K. Michelle) | 1 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI Islam Faith: Hijab 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 National Freedom Day William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month Investment Saturday | |||