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W1 | 27 Happy Birthday, JOHN AMOS We remember Yusef Lateef; Carrie Fisher. World Bank Created (1945) Kwanzaa: (Kujich Aquilia/Self-Determination) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 Festival of Fools, Spain Happy Birthday, DENZEL WASHINGTON/JOHN LEGEND/SETH MEYERS We remember Debbie Reynolds; Charles Neville (b. 1938). National Quilter's Day Kwanzaa: (Ujima/Collective Work/Responsibility) New Monday | 29 Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Interesting Tuesday | 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) Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 1 Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) Ntl Hobby Month TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Pleasant Friday | 2 Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA National Buffet Day Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 3 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Happy Birthday, State of Alaska Eco-Friendly Sunday | 4 Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). New Monday | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day Interesting Tuesday | 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 International Religious Celebration: Three Kings' Day (2021) Doable Wednesday Riot at the Capitol (2021) | 7 1st US President Election (1789) 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 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. Pleasant Friday | 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 10 Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART We remember David Bowie Eco-Friendly Sunday | 11 We remember Claude Nobs 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 New Monday | 12 Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Interesting Tuesday | 13 We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Traditionally the coldest day of the year. St. Knut's Day, Sweden Doable Wednesday | 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) Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) National Dress Up Your Pet Day Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 15 Strawberry Ice Cream Day Happy Birthday, LISA "LISA/CULT JAM" VELEZ/REGINA KING Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr National Holiday Pleasant Friday | 16 Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day We remember "singer" Aliyah. Ntl Good Teen Day Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 17 Happy Birthday, STEVE HARVEY; JAMES EARL JONES; BETTY WHITE; Former 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA; JIM CARREY; RAY J; TRAVIS GREENE We remember Benjamin Franklin National Racial Healing Day Eco-Friendly Sunday | 18 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH New Monday | 19 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 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 National Popcorn Day Interesting Tuesday International Religious Celebration: Epiphany (2021) | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 National Day of Patriotism World Religion Day We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. How did DC get its name? Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National DJ Day Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 22 We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF Chinese New Year Pleasant Friday | 23 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON National Pie Day (Food) Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 24 Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI We remember James Farentino National School Choice Week (1/24-30) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 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 New Monday | 26 We remember Robert Hegyes Happy Birthday, ANITA BAKER/KIRK FRANKLIN/State of MICHIGAN/TYE TRIBBET/ELLEN DEGENERES/ANGELA DAVIS National Spouses Day AUSTRALIA DAY REPUBLIC DAY (INDIA) Interesting Tuesday | 27 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON National Chocolate Cake Day We remember MOZART (1756) Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Doable Wednesday | 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). Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 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 Pleasant Friday | 30 Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 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). Investment Saturday | |||
W6 | 31 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 1 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) 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 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI New Monday | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 3 We remember Ben Gazzara; Maurice White; Dennis Edwards (b. 1943). co-producer Gene Reynolds (d. 2020); actor Kirk Douglas (d. 2020). Where is the 1st statue of a black and for whom? Happy Birthday YOUNG M.A Doable Wednesday | 4 Thank-A-Letter Mail Carrier Day We remember Rosa Lee Parks (1913); Unofficial Rosa Parks Day; Conrad Brian (b. 1923) Happy Birthday JEREMY RENNER, TABITHA BROWN, NICOLLE WALLACE Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 5 Name the two students who created a world wide religion We remember actor Kevin Conway (d. 2020); Christopher Plummer (d. 2021) Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN Name the creator of Kwanzaa in America. Pleasant Friday | 6 Happy Birthday, State of MASSACHUSETTS/ZSA ZSA GABOR/MIKE'actor'FARRELL/ROBERT TOWNSEND Name the 1st black male to host a national talk show. WAITANGI DAY/NEW ZEALAND DAY We remember Bob Marley 2/6/1945-5/9/1981; Natalie Cole We remember former pres. Ronald Reagan, 1911 Berlin Film Festival (2/6-16) Investment Saturday | |||