Duke Ellington: His Life in Jazz with 21 Activities

Duke Ellington: His Life in Jazz with 21 Activities — page 7
1929 Stock market crashes the Great Depression begins Ellington composes music for and appears in his first film Black and on 1931 lington's first hit record Mood 1933 Duke ington and His Orchestra go on their first tour of Europe India jo all Over one million copies 1936 Franklin Delano Roosevel reelected president The height of the wing and big band are it December 7 Joponese attack Pearl Harbor the United States World War II senters 1949 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra makes their debut at Carnegie Hal 194S first atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan World War I ends 1950 Television becomes affordable for American families 19sit The Supreme Court rules in Brown v Board of Education 1956 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra triumph at the Newport Festival that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional 1957 Ellington meets Queen Elizabeth in Great Britain Duke Jazz resa Duke Ellington and His Orchestra go on their first tour of the Mideast sponsored by the U S State Department 1964 The U S Civil Rights Act is passed 1963 presents the first of his Sacred Concerts in San Francisco Ellington 1968 Dr Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated 1969 Aaronaut Neil Armstrong is the first person to walk on the moon Ellington is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom 1974 May 14 Edward Kennedy Dealington dies in New York City Tem Centennial of dispositions birth celebrated worldwide