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Armstrong, Edwin Howard

Arm strong, Edwin Howard |ˈärmˌstrôNG ˈɑrmstrɔŋ | (1890 –1954 ), US electrical engineer, inventor of the superheterodyne radio receiver and the frequency modulation (FM ) system.

 

Armstrong, Lance

Arm strong, Lance |ˈärmˌstrôNG ˈɑrmstrɔŋ | (1971 –) US cyclist. He won the Tour de France in 1999 after successfully battling advanced testicular cancer, and repeated the win for the next six years (2000 –05 ).

 

Armstrong, Louis

Arm strong, Louis |ˈɑrmstrɔŋ ˈärmˌstrôNG | (1901 –71 ), US jazz musician; nicknamed Satchmo; full name Daniel Louis Armstrong. A major influence on Dixieland jazz, he was a trumpet and cornet player, as well as a bandleader and a distinctive singer. He also appeared in many movies, including The Birth of the Blues (1941 ).

 

Armstrong, Neil

Arm strong, Neil |ˈɑrmstrɔŋ ˈärmˌstrôNG | (1930 –), US astronaut; full name Neil Alden Armstrong. He commanded the Apollo 11 mission, during which he became the first man to set foot on the Moon (July 20, 1969 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Armstrong, Edwin Howard

Arm |strong |ˈɑːmstrɒŋ | (1890 –1954 ), American electrical engineer, inventor of the superheterodyne radio receiver and the frequency modulation (FM ) system.

 

Armstrong, Lance

Arm strong, Lance |ˈärmˌstrôNG ˈɑrmstrɔŋ | (1971 –) US cyclist. He won the Tour de France in 1999 after successfully battling advanced testicular cancer, and repeated the win for the next six years (2000 –05 ).

 

Armstrong, Louis

Arm |strong |ˈɑːmstrɒŋ | (1900 –71 ), American jazz musician; known as Satchmo; full name Daniel Louis Armstrong. A major influence on Dixieland jazz, he was a trumpet and cornet player as well as a bandleader and a distinctive singer.

 

Armstrong, Neil

Arm |strong |ˈɑːmstrɒŋ | (b.1930 ), American astronaut; full name Neil Alden Armstrong. He commanded the Apollo 11 mission, during which he became the first man to set foot on the moon (20 July 1969 ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Armstrong

Arm strong Eigenname |A rmstrong |amerikanischer Astronaut

 

Armstrong

Arm strong Eigenname |A rmstrong |amerikanischer Jazzmusiker