On this day: Louis Armstrong Was Born

Monday, 4th August 2014 by

On August 4, 1901, Louis Armstrong was born, a fact that was only discovered some year after his death - Armstrong always claimed he was born on Independence Day a year earlier. In his home town of New Orleans, there is a park named after the famous jazz trumpeter and singer, featuring this statue.

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Ian Brown lives in Ottawa, Canada, and spends his spare time perusing maps to find new routes to ride on his orange bicycle.