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W1 | 27 U.S. Dept. of Education established, 1979 Native American Day or American Indian Day, includes Black Indians Happy Birthday, LIL WAYNE/GWYNETH PALTROW Religious Atonement is a special time of ... We remember Don 'Soul Train' Cornelius (b.9/27/1936); Jimmy 'Rapper' Spicer (d. 2019) World Tourism Day Eco-Friendly Sunday | 28 Happy Birthday, HILARY DUFF/NAOMI WATTS/VERNEE WATSON-JOHNSON Statue of Liberty Dedicated Good Neighbor Day We remember Ben E. King (9/28/1938-4/30/2015), Miles Davis, Agnes Nixon New Monday Judaism Social: Yom Kippur | 29 We remember actor Larry Linville; Otis Rush (d. 2018). Who was the first black to serve in the DE senate? Interesting Tuesday | 30 Happy Birthday BARRY 'TV-GREG' WILLIAMS/PATRICIA RUSHEN/CISSY HOUSTON We remember Jessye "Opera Singer" Norman (d. 2019). National Black Funding Day Doable Wednesday | 1 Faith: Clergy Appreciation Month It's also National Work and Family Month. Happy Birthday, former president Jimmy Carter, NIGERIA (AFRICA); CHRISTOPHER 'PETER' KNIGHT , JURNEE SMOLLETT, HOWARD HEWETT. 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 Black History Month (U.K. Europe continent) Internationally: Day of Older Persons Bring Your Bible To School Day We remember Donny Hathaway (b. 1945); Kevin flute player Locke (d.2022) Country Music Month Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 2 Happy Birthday, STING/MOSES GUNN/KELLY RIPA Festival of Lights, India Mohandas Gandhi (1869) On this date: Invention of The Soul Train TV Broadcast Pleasant Friday | 3 10/3/1956 Nat King Cole, 1st black performer to host his own show. The Obama's Wedding Anniversary We remember composer/band leader Frank Francis Johnson Happy Birthday, INDIA ARIE/Min. AL SHARPTON Investment Saturday | |||
W2 | 4 National Taco Day We remember Diahann Carroll (d. 2019). Happy Birthday, RUSSELL SIMMONS Rutherford Hayes (1822) Eco-Friendly Sunday | 5 Tyler Perry Studios Official Anniversary (2019) World Teacher Day Chester Arthur (1829) We remember Bernard 'Bernie Mac' McCullough (10/5/1957-8/9/2008) Happy Birthday, KATE WINSLET New Monday World Habitat Day 2020 (Habitat for Humanity) | 6 German-American Day Happy Birthday, LAMMAN RUCKER, THOMAS MCCLAR Interesting Tuesday | 7 World Smile Day Happy Birthday, TONI BRAXTON/SIMON COWELL/NICOLE ARI PARKER/JOY BEHAR Roses became the US Flower (1986) 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 We remember Russel Means (10/10/39-10/22/12), Solomon Burke (3/21/1940-10/10/2010) Happy Birthday, TANYA TUCKER/BEN VEREEN Investment Saturday | |||
W3 | 11 Happy Birthday, GEORGE JOHNSON/ZACH GALIFIANAKIS/RAPPER MC LYTE Death of Casimer Pulaski Day (America/Polish) We remember John 'Red Foxx' Sanford 12/9/1922-10/11/1991 International Day of the Girl Eco-Friendly Sunday | 12 We remember Tommy "actor" Ford, Dick Gregory, Rudolph Isley (d. 2023) Happy Birthday, HUGH JACKMAN Name the 1st black musician to tour overseas funded by the US State Dept. New Monday | 13 Happy Birthday, ASHANTI/SHIRLEY CAESAR/TISHA CAMPBELL-MARTIN/SACHA BARON COHEN We remember Gary Collins d. Interesting Tuesday | 14 Happy Birthday, LOURDES LEON/USHER Dwight Eisenhower (1890) We remember Maxine "Motown's Etiquette" Powell (d.) Doable Wednesday | 15 National I Love Lucy Day Happy Birthday, ERIC BENET/GINUWINE/KEYSHIA COLE/PENNY MARSHALL Sept 15 - Oct 15 Last Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 16 National Friends of the Library Week (10/16-22) Kids Fest in NY City We remember Roy Hargove (b. 1969). 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 We remember Russell Means (10/10/39-10/22/12); Carrie Fisher b. Happy Birthday, JULIE DASH Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 23 Name the 1st white, presbyterian minister who baptized blacks? Happy Birthday, RYAN REYNOLDS/MEGHAN MCCAIN National Talk Show Host Day We remember Johnny Carson (b.); Yvonne Staples (b. 1934). Pleasant Friday | 24 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), Happy Birthday, MONICA/DANIEL GLOVER/DRAKE/BILL WYMAN/ADRIENNE BAILON United Nations Day, An international peacekeeping organization. Investment Saturday | |||
W5 | 25 Happy Birthday CIARA/KATY PERRY We remember Pablo Picasso (1881); Fats Domino. Eco-Friendly Sunday | 26 We remember Mahalia Jackson 1911-1972 Happy Birthday, PAT SAJACK; former first lady Hillary Clinton New Monday | 27 Happy Birthday, KERI HILSON/LEE GREENWOOD/KELLY OSBOURNE; State of Nevada Theodore Roosevelt (1858) Interesting Tuesday | 28 Happy Birthday, JULIA ROBERTS/BEN HARPER/TELMA HOPKINS/SHERYL UNDERWOOD Statue of Liberty Anniversary, New York Doable Wednesday | 29 We remember Al Molinaro "Happy Days ... Al Delvecchio". (d. 2015), Keith 'singer' Wilder (d. 2017), John 'comedian/actor' Witherspoon (d. 2019) School segregation ended on this day - 1969 Happy Birthday, GABRIELLE UNION/TRACEE ELLIS ROSS Anticipating-the-Weekend Thursday | 30 John Adams (1735) Happy Birthday, NIA LONG/EVA MARCILLE/OTIS 'BIG DADDY' WILLIAMS/HENRY WINKLER National Dashiki Day Pleasant Friday | 31 Happy Birthday, State of NEVADA/WILLOW SMITH Halloween/Hallelujah Night We remember Ethel "singer" Waters; Rosalind Cash Investment Saturday | |||