1966 Event Janis Joplin's 1st live concert, Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco 1959 Birthday Aidan Quinn, actor, Avalon, Crusoe, Desperately Seeking Susan 1959 Birthday Aidan Quinn, actor, Avalon, Desperately Seeking Susan, Mission 1940 Birthday Frankie Avalon, Philadelphia, actor, Beach movies, singer, Venus 1940 Birthday Frankie Avalon, rocker, Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo 1871 Death Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 1798 Birthday Willibald Alexis, Georg W. Haring, German writer, Schloss Avalon