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1996 Mercer Kennedy Ellington, trumpeter bandleader/composer, dies at 76
1985 Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas 1982 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas 1974 Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75 1967 Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial 1965 Duke Ellington's "Golden Brown and the Green Apple," premieres 1959 "Duke" Ellington wins Springarn Medal for his musical achievements 1946 Buddy Miles, born in Omaha, Nebraska, George Allen Miles, Jr., drummer, member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, played with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon 1941 Duke Ellington 1st records "Take the A Train" 1934 "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1 1933 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington 1927 Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem 1919 Mercer Ellington, son of Duke Ellington and bandleader 1907 Lawrence Brown, U.S. trombonist, Duke Ellington Orchestra 1899 Duke Ellington, Washington D.C., Edward Kennedy, bandleader, Take A Train |
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