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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….

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