- Fact 2 - Date of Birth: Louis Armstrong was
born on August 4, 1901
- Fact 3 - Place of Birth: New
Orleans, Louisiana
- Fact 4 - Full Name: aka "Satchmo"
or "Pops". Nickname: "Satchmo" (which is short for "Satchel
mouth" referring to the size of his mouth)
- Fact 5 - Lifespan: 1901 - 1971
- Fact 6 - Name of mother and father:
His parents names were William Armstrong and Mary Albert
Armstrong
- Fact 7 - Family background: Louis
Armstrong was the grandson of slaves and born to a poor family.
His father left the family and Louis Armstrong was raised by his
mother and grandmother
- Fact 8 - Childhood and education:
Louis Armstrong was educated at the Fisk School for Boys.
A musician named Joe "King" Oliver taught Louis to play the
cornet
- Fact 9 - Louis Armstrong was sent
to a Colored Waifs’ Home for delinquency but given cornet
lessons by Professor Peter Davis
- Fact 10 - Louis Armstrong worked on
steamboats, as a coalman and then started playing in night clubs
- Fact 11 - Louis Armstrong married
Daisy Parker on March 19 1918 which ended in divorce
then married Lillian (Lil) Hardin in 1922
- Fact 12 - Louis Armstrong played
with the Tuxedo Brass Band, Fletcher Henderson band and in the
New Cotton Club
- Fact 13 - Louis Armstrong formed
various bands, became successful and had a career in the movies
including 'High Society' with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra and
'Hello Dolly' woth Brabra Streisand
- Fact 14 - Louis Armstrong spoke out
against racial discrimination
- Fact 15 - His last hit was "What a
Wonderful World"
- Fact 16 - Date of Death: Louis Armstrong died
on July 6, 1971 (aged 69) at Corona, Queens, New York City
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