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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) Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 31 Kwanzaa (Kuumba/Creativity); New Year's Eve 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) New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 1 Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Ntl Hobby Month Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. | 2 National Buffet Day Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS 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 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI Pleasant Friday | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day 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 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 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. Interesting Tuesday | 9 We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT Doable Wednesday | 10 We remember David Bowie Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART Anticipating Thursday | 11 Congress passed the right for blacks to vote, who was asked to enforce ruling? National Milk Day Happy Birthday, KIM COLES/MARY J. BLIGE/NAOMI JUDD We remember Claude Nobs Pleasant Friday | 12 Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 13 Traditionally the coldest day of the year. We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. St. Knut's Day, Sweden Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 14 Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) 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) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) 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 Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Ntl Good Teen Day We remember "singer" Aliyah. Doable Wednesday | 17 We remember Benjamin Franklin National Racial Healing Day Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE Anticipating Thursday | 18 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH Pleasant Friday | 19 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 National Popcorn Day 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 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. National DJ Day World Religion Day Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National Day of Patriotism How did DC get its name? 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 We remember James Farentino National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI Anticipating Thursday | 25 National Irish Coffee Day Thank Your Mentor Day Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) Pleasant Friday | 26 Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS We remember Robert Hegyes National Spouses Day AUSTRALIA DAY REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA) Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 27 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 We remember MOZART (1756) National Chocolate Cake Day 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). Happy Birthday, ANTHONY HAMILTON/THE DREAM/J-COLE/RAKIM/RICK ROSS/ALAN ALDA/MONIFA CARTER Birth of Richard Bartha, African American Sculptor - 1901 New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 29 National Corn Chip Day and Puzzle Day 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). Interesting Tuesday | 30 We remember producer Fred Silverman (d. 2020), Cindy Williams (d. 2022). Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Name 1st black to design a US coin. Death of Gandhi of India 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 Hosted Theme: Honoring Married Couples Month; It's National African American History Month; Reggae Month 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 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) National Freedom Day Pleasant Friday In Theatres: Miss Bala | 2 Happy Birthday, SHAKIRA/CHRISTIE BRINKLEY 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 Investment Saturday | |||