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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

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