Village voice, 8/23/88: Giddins, G. Happy birthday, Pops (baptismal files of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, New Orleans, indicate b. Aug. 4, 1901; baptized Aug. 25, 1901)
Medearis, A.S. Little Louis and the jazz band, c1994 t.p. (Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong)
Fax from G. Giddins, Jan. 15, 1998 (photocopy of page from the baptismal register for the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church giving Aug. 4, 1901 as birth date; photocopy of page from the 1910 census (which was taken Apr. 22 or 23, 1910) listing him as eight years old)
The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music, 1990 p. 39 (Armstrong, Louis; b. Aug. 4, 1901, New Orleans, La.; d. July 6, 1971, N.Y.C.; a baptismal certificate discovered in 1988 confirmed this birthdate)