Date of Birth: Daniel Cormier was born on March 20, 1979, in Lafayette, Louisiana. Training Camp and Fighting Organization: Cormier trains at American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) in San Jose, California. He currently fights for the UFC organization.
Josephine Baker Biography. Born: June 3, 1906 St. Louis, Missouri Died: April 12, 1975 Paris, France. African American dancer and singer. Josephine Baker was an African American dancer and singer who lived in Paris, France, and was regarded as one of the most famous Americans living overseas.
History & Culture. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri, she later took the name Baker from her second husband, Willie Baker, whom she married at age 15. Surviving the 1917 riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, where the family was living, Josephine Baker ran away a few years later at age thirteen and began dancing in vaudeville and on Broadway.