Updated at November 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Janis Joplin |
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Birthdate | January 19, 1943 |
Birth Place | Port Arthur, TX |
Age (in 2024) | 81 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Rock Singer |
Janis Joplin is best known as Rock Singer who has born on January 19, 1943 in Port Arthur, TX. Currently, Janis Joplin is 81 years, 9 months and 29 days old. Janis Joplin will celebrate 82nd birthday on Sunday, 19th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Janis Joplin upcoming birthday.
Icon of 1960s psychedelic rock known for her rough sound who released five charting singles during her four-year career, including "Me and Bobby McGee." She was found dead at the Landmark Motor Hotel in Hollywood, California by John Cooke, one of her road managers.
She briefly attended Lamar State College of Technology and the University of Texas, but didn't complete her education.
Her legacy includes the anti-consumerism song "Mercedes Benz," as well as romantic songs like "Piece of My Heart."
She had a younger sister named Laura Joplin and younger brother named Michael Joplin. She died from a heroin overdose.
Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Jim Morrison were all rock performers who died at age 27.
Janis Joplin is 81 years old today.
Janis Joplin was born on January 19, 1943 in Port Arthur, TX.
Janis Joplin zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Janis Joplin was best known as Rock Singer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Janis Joplin's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Janis Joplin's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1981 | Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity. |
1983 | Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. |
1983 | The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Computer to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced. |
1986 | The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written. |
1990 | Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency. |
1991 | Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries. |
1993 | Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations. |
1995 | After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued. |
1996 | The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. |
1997 | Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. |
1999 | British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999. |
2007 | Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast. |
2007 | Four-man Team N2i, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Antarctic pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance. |
2012 | The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI. |
2014 | A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others. |
1986 | The birth of Oleksandr Miroshnychenko, Ukrainian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Moussa Sow, Senegalese footballer |
1987 | The birth of Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer |
1988 | The birth of JaVale McGee, American basketball player |
1988 | The birth of Tyler Breeze, Canadian wrestler |
1990 | The birth of Tatiana Búa, Argentine tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Erin Sanders, American actress |
1992 | The birth of Shawn Johnson, American gymnast |
1992 | The birth of Logan Lerman, American actor |
1992 | The birth of Mac Miller, American rapper (d. 2018) |
1993 | The birth of Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer |
1994 | The birth of Matthias Ginter, German footballer |
1994 | The birth of Alfie Mawson, English footballer |
1999 | The birth of Jonathan Taylor, American football player |
2012 | The death of Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (b. 1940) |
2013 | The death of Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Frank Pooler, American conductor and composer (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Toktamış Ateş, Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (b. 1944) |
2014 | The death of Azaria Alon, Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist, co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (b. 1918) |
2014 | The death of Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Justin Capră, Romanian engineer and academic (b. 1933) |
2015 | The death of Michel Guimond, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1953) |
2015 | The death of Ward Swingle, American-French singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1927) |
2016 | The death of Richard Levins, American ecologist and geneticist (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1931) |
2016 | The death of Sheila Sim (Lady Attenborough), English actress (b. 1922) |
2017 | The death of Miguel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1955) |
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