The American musician Jimi Hendrix died in London on September 18, 1970, aged 27. In the days leading up to his death, he was in poor health, affected by exhaustion and possibly influenza, and frustrated by his personal relationships. He spent his last day with Monika Dannemann at her apartment in Notting Hill. The next morning, she found him unresponsive, and he was confirmed dead at St Mary Abbot's Hospital. The post-mortem examination concluded that Hendrix had died of asphyxia after choking on his vomit while intoxicated with barbiturates; Dannemann stated that he had taken 18 times his recommended dose of Vesparax. Finding no evidence of suicide, the coroner recorded his death as an open verdict. In 1992, Hendrix's former girlfriend Kathy Etchingham asked the UK authorities to reinvestigate his death; this second investigation again proved inconclusive when it was closed the following year. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes Hendrix as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

324:

Constantine the Great decisively defeated Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire, and ending the Tetrarchy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chrysopolis

1809:

The second theatre of the Royal Opera House (interior pictured) in London opened after a fire destroyed the original theatre one year earlier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Opera_House

1895:

Daniel David Palmer gave the first chiropractic adjustment to deaf janitor Harvey Lillard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chiropractic

1918:

World War I: The Central Powers' defeat in the Battle of Dobro Pole played a role in the Bulgarian withdrawal from the war and opened the way for the subsequent liberation of Vardar Macedonia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dobro_Pole

1998:

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses in the Internet, was established. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

disinformation: The dissemination of intentionally false information to deliberately confuse or mislead. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disinformation

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.   --Samuel Johnson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson