Today In History: Ella Fitzgerald dies

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Today is Saturday, June 15, the 167th day of 2024. There are 199 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 15, 1996, Ella Fitzgerald, the “first lady of song,” died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 79. On this date: In 1215, England’s King John put his seal to Magna Carta (“the Great Charter”) at Runnymede. In 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army. In 1864, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order establishing a military burial ground which became Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia....