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10 Things To Know About Louis Armstrong
Log in using your social network account. Please enter a valid password. Keep me logged in. Want an ad-free experience? Subscribe to Independent Premium. Wow, right? July 4, Louis, sticking to July 4, but finally admitting to the government that he was born a year later, We can quit now Not so fast.
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There it is, Louis Armstrong, his card issued in California So at some point, Louis got his card back and said, "Oops, that's not right" and had it corrected. I think. I don't know, it's all speculation at this point. The social security application is pretty thorough, even saying that Louis was 35 at his last birthday, which would have been true if Louis was born in Maybe he signed it without really looking at it? Then there's the whole matter of lying. I don't think he though, "Yikes, it's the U. And he wasn't going to lie to make himself appear younger since he already published his July 4, date in his autobiography the previous year.
Goodness knows he didn't have a birth certificate so who was going to check anything. The fact that his social security card was changed to reflect July 4, before he died means, to me, that he really believed and wanted to stick to July 4, during his lifetime.
But what about August 4, ? That's the one thing we have official documentation of from the time of his birth, right? Again, hold your horses I'm running out of cliches. Without any prodding, Dan volunteered information that he got from an unnamed New Orleans historian who told him that baptismal certificates from this period are often unreliable.
Dan said he doesn't quite buy it is easy to mistake for and he still prefers celebrating it on July 4, which drew applause from some in the room.
So the consensus is As Michael Cogswell told me, there are only three official documents with Louis's birthday on them: the baptismal certificate August 4, , the draft registration card July 4, and the social security application July 4, Three documents, three different dates. And to celebrate his contributions to civilization every other day of the year. Happy birthday, Pops. And thank you.