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Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975) was an American and French dancer, singer, and actress. She was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 French silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant. During her early career, Baker was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris, and the most successful American entertainer in France. During World War II, Baker aided the French Resistance, and after the war, she was awarded the Resistance Medal by the French Committee of National Liberation, the Croix de Guerre by the French Armed Forces, and was named a chevalier of the Legion of Honour by General Charles de Gaulle. After the war, Baker supported the American civil rights movement, working with the NAACP and refusing to perform for segregated audiences. This 1931 lithographic poster, featuring a stylized depiction of Baker, was illustrated by Jean Chassaing; this copy is in the collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.Poster credit: Jean Chassaing
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Did you know
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Detail of the Palermo Quran
- ... that the Palermo Quran (detail pictured) has been described as "the single most important artifact so far known to survive from Muslim Sicily"?
- ... that Tao Siliang led efforts to promote iodized salt in China?
- ... that nearly 100,000 donors contributed towards the creation of a statue of Booker T. Washington?
- ... that, when he visited Surabaya, Indonesian defense minister Sulyoadikusumo was arrested by a local military commander who proceeded to claim his title?
- ... that an old gravel pit in Eagle Creek Park in Indiana is now part of an Important Bird Area?
- ... that in college Mark Cooney was a defensive end, center, and defensive tackle, but upon joining the NFL he was told to try a position that he had never played before?
- ... that the extinct Maipure language had a separate category of nouns for things that cannot be possessed, such as astronomical objects?
- ... that a university class inspired Else Went to write a five-hour-long play based on Dungeons & Dragons?
- ... that nobody knows where the Metland Egg is?
In the news
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Virat Kohli
- In Twenty20 cricket, the Indian Premier League concludes with Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeating Gujarat Titans in the final (player of the match Virat Kohli pictured).
- Pope Leo XIV issues his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, which expresses concerns about artificial intelligence.
- The Democratic Rally, led by Annita Demetriou, wins the most seats in the Cypriot legislative election.
- American jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins dies at the age of 95.
Selected anniversaries
[edit]June 3: World Bicycle Day; Martyrs Day in Uganda
Anfield, Liverpool F.C.'s stadium
- 1326 – The Treaty of Novgorod established the border between Norway and the Novgorod Republic in Finnmark.
- 1892 – Liverpool F.C. (stadium pictured), one of England's most successful football clubs, was founded.
- 1941 – World War II: In reprisal for the participation of the local population in the Battle of Crete, the German Wehrmacht destroyed the village of Kandanos, Greece, and killed about 180 of its inhabitants.
- 1968 – American radical feminist Valerie Solanas shot and wounded visual artist Andy Warhol and two others at Warhol's New York City studio, the Factory.
- Staurakios (d. 800)
- Martha Jane Knowlton Coray (b. 1821)
- Flora MacDonald (b. 1926)
- Muhammad Ali (d. 2016)
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My Infobox
[edit]I am Kinhull.
I started editing wikipedia at 10:49 23 October 2005.
I like Distributed Computing (currently via the BOINC platform).
I am also a fan of the works of Arthur C. Clarke.
I am the founder of Team ACC - Arthur C Clarke Fans, an international BOINC community team.
I have written a BOINC mini-FAQ: 10 Frequently Asked Questions / Common Problems
My talk/discussion pages are here: User talk:Kinhull
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