2011 Event Tornado warnings are issued for Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri; the Joplin, Missouri death toll rises to 126 people with 1,150 injured by the May 22 tornado 2011 Event Tornadoes hit Joplin, Missouri, and a state of emergency is declared; more tornadoes hit Minneapolis, Minnesota and warnings are announced in states from Texas to Michigan 1970 Death Janis Joplin, rock singer (Down on Me), dies of a drug overdose at 27 1970 Event Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky 1969 Event Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indicent language in Tampa, Fla 1969 Event 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep and Janis Joplin 1968 Event Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother and Holding Co" 1967 Event KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event Janis Joplin plays her 1st gig in San Francisco 1966 Event Janis Joplin's 1st live concert, Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco 1958 Birthday J Eddie Peck, Joplin Missouri, actor, Bold and Beautiful-Cole Howard 1954 Event KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1945 Birthday Hale S. Irwin, Joplin, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1974 U.S. Open 1944 Birthday 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 Birthday Janis Joplin, Port Arthur, Texas, bluesy rock singer, Down on Me 1924 Birthday Dennis Weaver, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered 1917 Death Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48 1909 Birthday John Beal, Joplin, Missouri, actor, 10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D 1908 Birthday Robert Cummings, born in Joplin, Missouri, actor, Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder 1901 Birthday Pauline Starke, Joplin, Missouri, actress, Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic 1868 Birthday Scott Joplin, U.S., entertainer/composer, The Entertainer
