01/19/1943
Janis Joplin was born on this day.

06/11/1966
Janis Joplin played her first date as vocalist of Big Brother and The Holding Company.

09/28/1968
Janis Joplin's manager, announced that she would be leaving Big Brother and the Holding Compnay, which she came to fame, at the end of the year.

12/01/1968
Janis Joplin made her final appearance with Big Brother & the Holding Company

12/21/1968
Janis Joplin gave her first solo performance in Memphis, TN.

04/21/1969
Janis Joplin & the Kozmic Blues Band played at London's Royal Albert Hall.

08/12/1969
Janis Joplin gives her final concert, at Harvard (1970).

11/15/1969
Janis Joplin was arrested in Tampa, FL on charges of using 'vulgar and indecent language' at a concert. All the charges were eventually dropped.

03/04/1970
Janis Joplin was fined $200 for using obscene language onstage in Tampa, FL.

04/04/1970
Janis Joplin held a reunion concert with Big Brother & the Holding Company at Fillmore West in San Francisco, CA.

08/08/1970
Janis Joplin bought a headstone for the grave of blues singer Bessie Smith. Smith was one of Joplin's idols.

10/04/1970
Janis Joplin was found dead of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. She had just finished recording her second solo album 'Pearl'.

10/13/1970
Janis Joplin's ashes were scattered off the coast of California.

03/20/1971
Topped the charts in 1971 with her hit 'Me and Bobby McGee'. It stayed there for two weeks.

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