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1970 Janis Joplin, rock singer (Down on Me), dies of a drug overdose at 27

1970 Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky

1969 Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indicent language in Tampa, Fla

1969 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep and Janis Joplin

1968 Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother and Holding Co"

1967 KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting

1966 Janis Joplin plays her 1st gig in San Francisco

1966 Janis Joplin's 1st live concert, Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco

1958 J Eddie Peck, Joplin Missouri, actor, Bold and Beautiful-Cole Howard

1954 KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting

1945 Hale S. Irwin, Joplin, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1974 U.S. Open

1944 Joshua Rifkin, born in New York, musicologist, composer, keyboard, involved in ragtime revival, in the 1970's, recorded Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records

1943 Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, Texas, bluesy rock singer, Down on Me

1924 Dennis Weaver, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered

1917 Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48

1909 John Beal, Joplin, Missouri, actor, 10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D

1908 Robert Cummings, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder

1901 Pauline Starke, Joplin, Missouri, actress, Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic

1868 Scott Joplin, U.S., entertainer/composer, The Entertainer


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