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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) Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 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) 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) IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations Ntl Hobby Month Family Bond Paper, available after 7 p.m. | 2 Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia National Buffet Day We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) 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 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 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 We remember Sidney Poiter (d. 2022); Adam "Eight is Enough" Rich (d. 2023). Ethopia's Christmas Day celebration 1st US President Election (1789) Who created the Wall Street Journal? Click here to find out. New Monday New Monday Show Live Broadcast | 8 We remember Elvis Presley 1/8/35-8/16/77; Denise Lasalle 7/16/39 - 1/8/2018. Happy Birthday, R. KELLEY; CYNTHIA ERIVO. Name the person who created a bronze image of Martin Luther King. Interesting Tuesday | 9 Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 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 We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 14 Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) 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) 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 Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Ntl Good Teen Day We remember "singer" Aliyah. Doable Wednesday | 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 Anticipating Thursday | 18 Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Pleasant Friday | 19 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 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 Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 National DJ Day We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY National Day of Patriotism How did DC get its name? World Religion Day Eco-Friendly Sunday Christian Devotion Note by Me, available Sundays. (Available @ my Facebook page) | 21 National Hug Day Happy Birthday, RICHARD GUTIERREZ, BILLY OCEAN. We remember actor Telly Savalas, Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., Kaye Ballard (d. 2019) 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 TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards National Pie Day (Food) Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON 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 Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS We remember Etta "singer" James; Mary Tyler actress Moore; Cindy actress Williams (d.2023) National Irish Coffee Day Thank Your Mentor Day 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 National Corn Chip Day and Puzzle Day 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 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). Happy Birthday, CHRISTIAN BALE/JODY WATLEY 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 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 William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Pleasant Friday In Theatres: Miss Bala | 2 Where was the 1st African Day parade? CANDLEMAS DAY or End of Christmas-Epiphany Season 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 Investment Saturday | |||