When:
March 11, 2023 all-day
2023-03-11T00:00:00-07:00
2023-03-12T00:00:00-07:00
Where:
http://www.flu.gov/pandemic/history/1918/

Spanish Flu epidemic begins On 11 March 1918, the first cases of the “Spanish” influenza were reported in the US when 107 soldiers became sick at Fort Riley, KS. By the end of 1920 nearly 25 percent of the US population had been infected. As many as 500,000 civilians died from the virus, exceeding the number of US troops killed abroad in WWI.

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