June 12th, 1970

1970:  June 12^th – Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Doc Ellis throws a no hitter against the San Diego Padres.  Years later he will reveal that he did so while under the influence of LSD.  (Psychedelic!!!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuAJ9aHlfM0&t=245s

Also on this date, Janis Joplin plays to a crowd of 4000 people in Louisville, Kentucky, for the very first time with her brand new group, Full Tilt Boogie.  In less than three months she would be dead of a heroin overdose.