Today in history
Subtitle: April 29
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Jazz musicians; Biography; Vassar College
Other titles: April 29; Duke Ellington
Description: Presents a brief biography of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, jazz composer, bandleader, and recording artist, who was born on April 29, 1899 in Washington, D.C. Also presents information on the founding of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1865 by Matthew Vassar, who was born on April 29, 1792 in Norfolk, England.
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