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W1 | 27 U.S. Dept. of Education established, 1979 We remember Don 'Soul Train' Cornelius (b.9/27/1936); Jimmy 'Rapper' Spicer (d. 2019) Native American Day or American Indian Day, includes Black Indians Happy Birthday, LIL WAYNE/GWYNETH PALTROW World Tourism Day Religious Atonement is a special time of ... Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 Happy Birthday, HILARY DUFF/NAOMI WATTS/VERNEE WATSON-JOHNSON Good Neighbor Day We remember Ben E. King (9/28/1938-4/30/2015), Miles Davis, Agnes Nixon Statue of Liberty Dedicated New Monday Judaism Social: Yom Kippur | 29 Who was the first black to serve in the DE senate? We remember actor Larry Linville; Otis Rush (d. 2018). Interesting Tuesday | 30 National Black Funding Day We remember Jessye "Opera Singer" Norman (d. 2019). Happy Birthday BARRY 'TV-GREG' WILLIAMS/PATRICIA RUSHEN/CISSY HOUSTON Doable Wednesday | 1 It's also National Work and Family Month. Hosted theme: TSB Social Event Pre-Winter Cleaning Month; It's Art and Humanities Month, Pastoral Appreciation Month, Filipino American History Month; Italian and Polish American Month, & Pizza Month Country Music Month Happy Birthday, former president Jimmy Carter, NIGERIA (AFRICA); CHRISTOPHER 'PETER' KNIGHT , JURNEE SMOLLETT, HOWARD HEWETT. Black History Month (U.K. Europe continent) Faith: Clergy Appreciation Month Internationally: Day of Older Persons Bring Your Bible To School Day We remember Donny Hathaway (b. 1945); Kevin flute player Locke (d.2022) Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 2 On this date: Invention of The Soul Train TV Broadcast Festival of Lights, India Mohandas Gandhi (1869) Happy Birthday, STING/MOSES GUNN/KELLY RIPA Pleasant Friday | 3 The Obama's Wedding Anniversary Happy Birthday, INDIA ARIE/Min. AL SHARPTON 10/3/1956 Nat King Cole, 1st black performer to host his own show. We remember composer/band leader Frank Francis Johnson Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 4 National Taco Day Rutherford Hayes (1822) We remember Diahann Carroll (d. 2019). Happy Birthday, RUSSELL SIMMONS Eco-Friendly Sunday | 5 Happy Birthday, KATE WINSLET Chester Arthur (1829) We remember Bernard 'Bernie Mac' McCullough (10/5/1957-8/9/2008) Tyler Perry Studios Official Anniversary (2019) World Teacher Day New Monday World Habitat Day 2020 (Habitat for Humanity) | 6 Happy Birthday, LAMMAN RUCKER, THOMAS MCCLAR German-American Day Interesting Tuesday | 7 World Smile Day Roses became the US Flower (1986) Happy Birthday, TONI BRAXTON/SIMON COWELL/NICOLE ARI PARKER/JOY BEHAR Doable Wednesday | 8 National Heritage Day (Turks and Caicos Islands) Happy Birthday, NICK CANNON/MATT DAMON/CHEVY CHASE/ROBERT "KOO" BELL, KARYN PARSONS, Rev. JESSE JACKSON Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 9 Name the 1st black member of Islam? Happy Birthday, TYLER WILLIAMS; SHARON OSBOURNE; SCOTT 'actor' BAKULA. U.S.A. discovered (1000) Pleasant Friday | 10 Kruger Day, Oom Paul Birthay 1st Black Parish, Baltimore, MD - 1863 Happy Birthday, TANYA TUCKER/BEN VEREEN We remember Russel Means (10/10/39-10/22/12), Solomon Burke (3/21/1940-10/10/2010) Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 11 International Day of the Girl We remember John 'Red Foxx' Sanford 12/9/1922-10/11/1991 Happy Birthday, GEORGE JOHNSON/ZACH GALIFIANAKIS/RAPPER MC LYTE Death of Casimer Pulaski Day (America/Polish) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 12 Name the 1st black musician to tour overseas funded by the US State Dept. Happy Birthday, HUGH JACKMAN We remember Tommy "actor" Ford, Dick Gregory, Rudolph Isley (d. 2023) New Monday | 13 Happy Birthday, ASHANTI/SHIRLEY CAESAR/TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN/SACHA BARON COHEN We remember Gary Collins d. Interesting Tuesday | 14 We remember Maxine "Motown's Etiquette" Powell (d.) Dwight Eisenhower (1890) Happy Birthday, LOURDES LEON/USHER Doable Wednesday | 15 Sept 15 - Oct 15 Last Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month National I Love Lucy Day Happy Birthday, ERIC BENET/GINUWINE/KEYSHIA COLE/PENNY MARSHALL Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 16 We remember Roy Hargove (b. 1969). Kids Fest in NY City National Friends of the Library Week (10/16-22) NATIONAL BOSS'S DAY (USA) Name the creator of the Million Man/Woman March (10/16/95). Pleasant Friday | 17 National Pasta Day Happy Birthday, EMINEM/YCLEF JEAN/QUEEN NAIJA Black Poetry Day Investment Saturday | |||
W4 | 18 Happy Birthday, NE YO/ESPERANZA SPALDING/ZAC EFRON/WESLEY JONATHAN/JOE MORTON; State of Alaska Eco-Friendly Sunday | 19 Happy Birthday, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY We remember ROBERT 'MIKE' REED (10/19/1932-4/12/1992), and Russell Means. New Monday | 20 Happy Birthday, SNOOP DOG/ERIC SCOTT/MARIA DAYTIA/SUNNY HOSTIN/Vice President KAMALA HARRIS We remember Jelly Roll "Jazz Pianist" Morton Interesting Tuesday | 21 What is the name of the 1st black Holiness Church? Happy Birthday, KIM KARDASHIAN (WEST) Doable Wednesday | 22 Happy Birthday, JULIE DASH We remember Russell Means (10/10/39-10/22/12); Carrie Fisher b. Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 23 National Talk Show Host Day Happy Birthday, RYAN REYNOLDS/MEGHAN MCCAIN We remember Johnny Carson (b.); Yvonne Staples (b. 1934). Name the 1st white, presbyterian minister who baptized blacks? Pleasant Friday | 24 Happy Birthday, MONICA/DANIEL GLOVER/DRAKE/BILL WYMAN/ADRIENNE BAILON United Nations Day, An international peacekeeping organization. We remember Sarah J. Hale (d. 1788); Sheila Stewart (d. 2013); Maureen O'Hara (d. 2015); Robert Guillaume (d. 2017); Melvin Wah Wah Waston Ragin (d. 2018), Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 25 Happy Birthday CIARA/KATY PERRY We remember Pablo Picasso (1881); Fats Domino. Eco-Friendly Sunday | 26 Happy Birthday, PAT SAJACK; former first lady Hillary Clinton We remember Mahalia Jackson 1911-1972 New Monday | 27 Theodore Roosevelt (1858) Happy Birthday, KERI HILSON/LEE GREENWOOD/KELLY OSBOURNE; State of Nevada Interesting Tuesday | 28 Statue of Liberty Anniversary, New York Happy Birthday, JULIA ROBERTS/BEN HARPER/TELMA HOPKINS/SHERYL UNDERWOOD Doable Wednesday | 29 Happy Birthday, GABRIELLE UNION/TRACEE ELLIS ROSS School segregation ended on this day - 1969 We remember Al Molinaro "Happy Days ... Al Delvecchio". (d. 2015), Keith 'singer' Wilder (d. 2017), John 'comedian/actor' Witherspoon (d. 2019) Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 30 John Adams (1735) National Dashiki Day Happy Birthday, NIA LONG/EVA MARCILLE/OTIS 'BIG DADDY' WILLIAMS/HENRY WINKLER Pleasant Friday | 31 Happy Birthday, State of NEVADA/WILLOW SMITH We remember Ethel "singer" Waters; Rosalind Cash Halloween/Hallelujah Night Investment Saturday | |||