jan 1, 1918 - 1918 Influenza outbreak
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Colloquially known as Spanish flu, it was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic. It infected 500 million people around the world, and resulted in the deaths of 50-100 million (3-5% of the world's population), making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history.
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