July 6th 1971, American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader, Louis Armstrong died
July 6th 1949, Born on this day, Mike Shrieve, American drummer and percussionist with Santana, playing on their first eight albums from 1969 through 1974. His performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival, when he was 20 years old, made him one of the youngest musicians to perform at the festival.