Influenza Epidemic (jan 1, 1918 – dec 1, 1919)
Description:
"An infuenza epidemic begins during the final year of the war and reaches worldwide pandemic proportions by October 1918, kiling 20-40 million worldwide. In the United States, about half a million die." 1Source:
1. Axelrod A. 1001 Events That Made America. Washington, DC: National Geographic; 2006.
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Date:
jan 1, 1918
dec 1, 1919
~ 1 years and 10 months
