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W1 | 27 World Bank Created (1945) Happy Birthday, JOHN AMOS We remember Yusef Lateef; Carrie Fisher. Kwanzaa: (Kujich Aquilia/Self-Determination) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 Happy Birthday, DENZEL WASHINGTON/JOHN LEGEND/SETH MEYERS Kwanzaa: (Ujima/Collective Work/Responsibility) We remember Debbie Reynolds; Charles Neville (b. 1938). Festival of Fools, Spain National Quilter's Day New Monday | 29 Happy Birthday, MARY MOORE/TED DANSON Kwanzaa: (Ujamaa/Cooperative Economics) Andrew Johnson (1808) Woodrow Wilson (1856) Interesting Tuesday | 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) 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 Kwanzaa Ends Today - Imani/Faith; (Karamu/Feast) Ntl Hobby Month Happy Birthday MORRIS CHESTNUT/AARON NEVILLE Happy New Year, NORTH AMERICA- A new beginning, a new year. IT'S MENTORSHIP MONTH: Goals & Aspirations TV Special: Rose Parade (11 a.m. EST, ABC Channel) We remember Fred 'drummer' White (d. 2022) Pleasant Friday | 2 Jan - Feb Mimosa Holiday, Yugoslavia Happy Birthday, CUBA GOODING JR/TAYE DIGGS We remember Harold Bradley (b. 1926) National Buffet Day Happy Birthday, State of GEORGIA Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 3 Happy Birthday, State of Alaska William Tucker, 1st African American child born in NORTH AMERICA. (1624) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 4 We remember, Gregory 'actor' Sierra (d.2021). Happy Birthday, State of UTAH/JEANNIE MAI New Monday | 5 Happy Birthday, BRADLEY COOPER National Whipped Cream Day Interesting Tuesday | 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 International Religious Celebration: Three Kings' Day (2021) Doable Wednesday Riot at the Capitol (2021) | 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) Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 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. Pleasant Friday | 9 Former Pres. Richard Nixon, 1913 Happy Birthday, State of CONNECTICUT Happy Birthday, JOHN LEGEND/EARL GRAVES SR We remember musician 5th Ward Weebie (d. 2020). Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 10 We remember David Bowie Happy Birthday, ROD STEWART Eco-Friendly Sunday | 11 National Milk Day 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 New Monday | 12 Happy Birthday, KIRSTIE ALLEY/ISSA RAE Name the 1st black to sing @ presidential inauguration Interesting Tuesday | 13 St. Knut's Day, Sweden We rememberTeddy Pendergrass 1950-2010. Traditionally the coldest day of the year. Happy Birthday, PATRICK DEMPSEY Doable Wednesday | 14 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 Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame (2014) We remember Conrad Brian (d. 2013) Happy Birthday, LL COOL J/JASON BATEMAN 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 Free African Americans enlisted into U.S. service - 1776 Ntl Good Teen Day Take down Dec. holiday decor at sunset. We remember "singer" Aliyah. Happy Birthday, DEBBIE ALLEN/KATE MOSS/SADE Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Day Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 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 Eco-Friendly Sunday | 18 What year was prayer taken out of the public schools? Happy Birthday, ESTELLE/JASON SEGEL/ANGELA WINBUSH New Monday | 19 Happy Birthday, DOLLY PARTON/SHAWN WAYANS 1st Black Audience @ White House,1862 Organization of the first Baptist Church at Savannah, GA - 1788 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 Interesting Tuesday International Religious Celebration: Epiphany (2021) | 20 ETHIOPIA, AFRICA: Festival of Timket 2024 We remember DeForest'Dr. McCoy'Kelley. Happy Birthday DJ ?UESTLOVE; MARGARET AVERY World Religion Day National DJ Day How did DC get its name? National Day of Patriotism 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 Chinese New Year Happy Birthday, DJ JAZZY JEFF We remember Sam Cooke 1/22/1931–12/11/1964 Pleasant Friday | 23 Thomas Dorsey "Father of Gospel" d. born 7/1/1899 Happy Birthday, LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON TV Special: Producers Guild of America Awards National Pie Day (Food) 1st premiere of Roots by Alex Haley - 1977 Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 24 We remember James Farentino Happy Birthday, NEIL DIAMOND; AARON NEVILLE; TATYANA ALI 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) Happy Birthday, ALICIA KEYES, JENIFER LEWIS Thank Your Mentor Day National Irish Coffee Day New Monday | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 27 Leontyne Price's Metropolitan Opera deput - 1961 Happy Birthday, actor/comedian JOHN WITHERSPOON We remember MOZART (1756) National Chocolate Cake Day 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 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). Pleasant Friday | 30 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). Former Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, 1882 Investment Saturday | |||
W6 | 31 King Stitt d. 1/31/2012 Happy Birthday, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/KERRY WASHINGTON Eco-Friendly Sunday | 1 Happy Birthday, LAURA MARLING, BIG BOI 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 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 New Monday | 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 Interesting Tuesday | 3 We remember Ben Gazzara; Maurice White; Dennis Edwards (b. 1943). co-producer Gene Reynolds (d. 2020); actor Kirk Douglas (d. 2020). Happy Birthday YOUNG M.A Where is the 1st statue of a black and for whom? Doable Wednesday | 4 We remember Rosa Lee Parks (1913); Unofficial Rosa Parks Day; Conrad Brian (b. 1923) Happy Birthday JEREMY RENNER, TABITHA BROWN, NICOLLE WALLACE Thank-A-Letter Mail Carrier Day Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 5 Name the two students who created a world wide religion Happy Birthday, BOBBY BROWN Name the creator of Kwanzaa in America. We remember actor Kevin Conway (d. 2020); Christopher Plummer (d. 2021) Pleasant Friday | 6 Name the 1st black male to host a national talk show. WAITANGI DAY/NEW ZEALAND DAY Berlin Film Festival (2/6-16) Happy Birthday, State of MASSACHUSETTS/ZSA ZSA GABOR/MIKE'actor'FARRELL/ROBERT TOWNSEND We remember former pres. Ronald Reagan, 1911 We remember Bob Marley 2/6/1945-5/9/1981; Natalie Cole Investment Saturday | |||