when was louis armstrong born?
Louis Armstrong (Photo: Jack Bradley) Some 15 years after âPopsâ passed away on July 6, 1971, New Orleans historian Tad Jones discovered a baptismal certificate that indicated, and some say proved, that Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901. On what many consider flimsy evidence, history books were changed, and now the date is often described as Armstrongâs ârealâ birthday.