Calendar: Week of January 27

Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar:

          
Monday is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.

• Holocaust Memorial Day (January 27), Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (U.K.)
• 2020 International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration Online Event, 11:00 a.m. ET (The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
• The vast reach of the Nazi Holocaust ("Sunday Morning," 10/6/13)
• From 1978: The Auschwitz liberation: Remembering the camp's atrocities ("60 Minutes")

         
On Tuesday, actor Alan Alda turns 84. 

• alanalda.com
• Professor Alan Alda teaches scientists how to speak ("Sunday Morning," 4/21/13)
• Alan Alda reveals he has Parkinson's disease: "I'm not angry" ("CBS This Morning," 7/31/18)

       
Wednesday kicks off the 25th annual Winterfest and National Snow Sculpting Competition in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

• Winterfest and National Snow Sculpting Competition (Jan. 29-Feb. 2), at Riviera Plaza and Flat Iron Park and other venues, Lake Geneva, Wis.

To watch scenes from Winterfest click on the video embed below:

          
Thursday sees the dedication ceremony for the Gwen Ifill Black Heritage Forever Stamp, honoring the pioneering journalist who died in 2016.

• Press release: Stamp dedication ceremony for the Gwen Ifill Black Heritage Forever Stamp, Jan. 30 at 11 a.m., at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C. (usps.com)
• Order the Gwen Ifill Forever stamp (usps.com)
• Remembering Gwen Ifill ("PBS NewsHour")
• John Dickerson's tribute to his beloved friend and colleague Gwen Ifill ("Face the Nation," 11/14/16)

        
Friday marks the 80th anniversary of the day Ida May Fuller, of Ludlow, Vermont, received America's very first Social Security check (check no. 00-000-001). It was for $22.54.

• The First Social Security Beneficiary (Social Security Administration)
• Details of Ida May Fuller's Payroll Tax Contributions (ssa.gov)

Below: A 1939 education film produced by the Social Security Administration, "Social Security for the People," about the brand-new Social Security Act:

      
And Saturday is Day One of National African-American History Month.

• African American History Month: Exhibits and Collections
• The legacy of storytelling in African-American history ("CBS This Morning," 2/28/18)
• Reconstruction, one of the most misunderstood chapters in American history ("Sunday Morning," 4/7/19)
• Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.
• Facts for National African-American (Black) History Month: February 2020 (U.S. Census Bureau)

       
Story produced by Robert Marston.