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Louis Armstrong

NPR

Published August 3, 2000 at 9:00 PM PDT

Jazz trumpeter and singer extraordinaire Louis Armstrong was born on this day in 1901, in New Orleans, Louisiana. We hear a note on his accomplishments on the 99th anniversary of his birthdate.