ON THIS DAY 6 3 2023

This Day in History: June 3

Featured Event

1965

Edward H. White II
American astronaut




Ed White emerged from the orbital spacecraft Gemini 4 and became the first American astronaut to walk in space.

Edward H. White II, in full Edward Higgins White II, (born Nov. 14, 1930, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.—died Jan. 27, 1967, Cape Kennedy, Fla.), first U.S. astronaut to walk in space.
White graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1952 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He took flight training and served in a fighter squadron in Germany. In 1959 he received his M.S. in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and graduated from the Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California.


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Josephine Baker
French entertainer







June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975
Josephine Baker, American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black American culture, which took Paris by storm in the 1920s. Baker grew up fatherless and in poverty....

Josephine Baker, original name Freda Josephine McDonald, (born June 3, 1906, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died April 12, 1975, Paris, France), American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black American culture, which took Paris by storm in the 1920s.
Baker grew up fatherless and in poverty. Between the ages of 8 and 10 she was out of school, helping to support her family. As a child Baker developed a taste for the flamboyant that was later to make her famous. As an adolescent she became a dancer, touring at 16 with a dance troupe from Philadelphia. In 1923 she joined the chorus in a road company performing the musical comedy Shuffle Along and then moved to New York City, where she advanced steadily through the show Chocolate Dandies on Broadway and the floor show of the Plantation Club.


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