Galvez 1 Jocelynn Galvez Mrs. Cynthia Johnson Language Arts 11 H (Date) Neil Armstrong and the First Moon Landing Neil Armstrong was born on August 5th‚ 1930 in Wapakoneta‚ Ohio. At an early age he became interested in aircrafts and knew he wanted to work with it in his future. At the age of sixteen‚ Neil received his pilot’s license before he even received his driver’s license. Neil held many jobs around town especially at the local airport. 1946 Neil won a scholarship to Purdue University
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Many people knew Louis Armstrong as the “first real genius of jazz”(Shipton 26). He was born in New Orleans‚ Louisiana on August 4‚ 1901. Louis was the illegitimate son of William Armstrong and Mary Est “Mayann” Albert. He was abandoned by his father‚ a boiler stoker‚ shortly after his birth and was raised by his paternal grandmother. Then‚ at the age of five‚ he was returned to the care of his mother‚ who at the time worked as a laundress. Together with his mom‚ they moved to a better area of New
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Louis Armstrong Well-known artist Josh Devine is a great drummer for the band of One Direction‚ with a love for music. Just like many other artists he is well known in his time just as Elvis Presley was in his time or Aerosmith in their time. Every era has a well known musician or band‚ back in the 1920’s it was Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong moved to Chicago in 1922 to play the second cornet in a Creole jazz band. Although two years later Armstrong moved to New York City and began playing
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Louis Armstrong at Berlin 1965 Shteinberg Andrei MUS A124 12/03/2015 Louis Armstrong’s legendary concert in Berlin. Armstrong’s career was in full bloom and from 1955 on‚ Armstrong traveled the world‚ performing with his All Stars in support of U.S. interests abroad. He did not comment on the political situation‚ saying that he is interested in his audience and not in the Wall. Armstrong and his All Stars began their first tours to Eastern Europe behind the ’’Iron Curtain‚’’ where
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The Tragedy of a True American William Cutting‚ a man of patriotism and honor started out as a mere orphan after his father died fighting in the war of 1812. Due to his father dying at the hand of a British Man‚ an outside‚ it gave him immense hatred to trespassers. He honestly believed the America owned by the U.S is the land of the free‚ the land for those who ruled. Despite all these new-found beliefs‚ the country and its people didn’t treat him kindly. He was set back even more so for being
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was not for Louis Armstrong. Armstrong is considered the most important improviser in Jazz (he taught the world to swing) (‘Jazz at Lincoln Center’).His trumpet playing changed the rules of music. Armstrong’s interest in music earned him the title of greatest trumpet/cornet player in American History. And to think it all started with a tin horn. Armstrong‚ full name Louis (“loo-ESS”) Daniel Armstrong‚ was born in Uptown New Orleans‚ Louisiana to Mary Albert and William Armstrong. There was some confusion
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role in jazz’s development. For example‚ Louis Armstrong is one of the most famous trumpeters and a huge role model in the musical world. Other talented artists like Billie holiday helped lead the way for women in jazz music. John Coltrane spread positivity wherever
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Though becoming educated through self-teaching‚ William Billings was unmistakably an unforgettable composer of American Choral music. The composer’s involvement in the complex‚ and extraordinary history of American music was developed throughout his lifetime derived from a range of miniscule to monumental contributions. Though familial troubles may have limited his early education of music‚ he never strove for less than remarkable. From efforts with the singing schools‚ and his compositions of hymns
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up to the American Revolution can be traced back and related to some incidents that many may have saw as petty or insignificant at the time when compared in magnitude to something as immense as a revolution. Nonetheless‚ these mere misunderstandings and minor conflicts between the mother country‚ England and its American colonies‚ were the seedlings that were planted in the soils of the American Revolution that would come to light in the future for both‚ for better or for worse. I‚ William Franklin
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Jack Page Per 2 10/24/12 Should Lance Armstrong be this harshly punished for doping during his career? No‚ the consequences brought upon Armstrong are completley inappropriate. The actions taken against him undergone by Travis Tygart and USADA are over the top. The fact that Lance doped is undeniable‚ he did it‚ but so did every other Tour de France contender and their teammates. Why should the man who won against other dopers have his life ruined? Why should a man who has helped millions
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