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What made the 1918 flu so deadly?
human H1 virus that had been circulating among humans since around 1900 picked up genetic material from a bird flu virus just before 1918 and this became the deadly pandemic strain -
the Spanish flu, when it started.
The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin -
when it first hit the news
News of the sickness first made headlines in Madrid in late-May 1918, and coverage only increased after the Spanish King Alfonso XIII came down with a nasty case a week later -
the invention of the fortune cookie
David Jung, founder of the Hong Kong Noodle Company in Los Angeles, claims he invented the fortune cookie -
The Fourteen Points speech
statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I -
Tarzan of the apes
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who was the first patient?
Albert Gitchell, from Haskell County, reported sick at Fort Riley, an American military facility that at the time was training American troops during World War -
Battle of Zeebrugge ends.
attempt by the Royal Navy to block the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge -
inverted Jenny stamps
The famous "inverted Jenny" stamps - misprinted upside-down biplane - are printed. A hundred are known to be in existence; in 2016, one sold for $1,175,000. -
President Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson, who contracted it while negotiating the Treaty of Versailles in early 1919. -
league of nations was established
first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. founded by Woodrow Wilson -
Women gained the right to vote.
By 1920, every state west of the Mississippi River allowed women to vote
