Dance artist Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

Living place: St. Louis

Birthday: 3-6-1906

Population of US 1906: 85,450,000

Global rank: #14528

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Who is Dance artist Josephine Baker?
Dancer and artist known as "Black Pearl" and "Creole Goddess" and widely recognized for her Danse banane costumes. An activist in the civil rights movement, she adopted a "Rainbow Tribe" of orphans from various races.
With her role in the 1934 film Zouzou, she became the first African-American woman to star in a major film.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She was raised mainly by her mother Carrie McDonald. Her estate claimed vaudeville drummer Eddie Carson was her father, but he paid little mind to Baker and her mother.

Family life info

She has been married and divorced four times and adopted a total of 12 children.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Dance artist Josephine Baker?
Coretta Scott King approached her to ask if she would become a new leader in the Civil Rights Movement following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. , but Baker passed on the opportunity, saying she needed to be around for her child.

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When was Dance artist Josephine Baker born?
Josephine Baker was born in 3-6-1906, death year is , at the age of 118.
Where is Dance artist Josephine Baker's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Josephine Baker was born in St. Louis, Missouri- United States. is a Dance artist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Josephine Baker's global rank is 14528 and whose rank is 228 in list of famous Dance artist. Population of US in 1906 is about 85,450,000 persons.
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Events in 1906 and 3-6

Events in US in the birth year of Josephine Baker

  • More than 500 people are killed during the San Francisco earthquake and ensuing three-day fire. Background: Great Disasters
  • President Roosevelt sails to the Panama Canal Zone. It is the first time a U.S. president has travelled outside the country while in office.

Birthday Josephine Baker (3-6) in history

  • Day 3-6 year 1861: Politician Stephen Douglas dies in Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Day 3-6 year 1937: The Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII) married Wallis Simpson.
  • Day 3-6 year 1965: Maj. Edward White became the first U.S. astronaut to walk in space, during the Gemini 4 mission.
  • Day 3-6 year 1979: The world's worst oil spill occurred when an exploratory oil well, Ixtoc 1, blew out, spilling over 140 million gallons of oil into the Bay of Campeche off the coast of Mexico.
  • Day 3-6 year 1989: Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini died.
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