SEPTEMBER 18 — JIMI HENDRIX
American rock prophet, cultural renegade, rebel hero.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
Justis Valley, Swiss Alps: DIVIDING OF THE CHEESE among herdsmen, followed by music, feasting, amusements.
Munich: OKTOBERFEST. Drinking, feasting, general jollification.
Mexico: FESTIVAL OF PUNGARANCHA, Michoacan God of Runners.

ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 18 IN HISTORY…
1634 — Spiritual freethinker Anne Hutchinson arrives in Boston, Mass.
1970 — Rock legend Jimi Hendrix dies, barbiturate overdose, London, England.
1971 — Three police killed, hundreds hurt, Narita airport protest, Japan.

1980 — Cuban Cosmonaut Arnoldo Tamayo becomes first Black in space.