Spanish flu pandemic begins
1918 · Event
1918 influenza pandemic kills tens of millions worldwide.
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Around 1918
- Russian Revolution (1917)
- Founding of the Soviet Union (1922)
- Pop music: the 1910s (1910)
- Pop music: the 1920s (1920)
- Easter Rising / Irish War of Independence (1916)
- Discovery of penicillin (1928)
- Treaty of Versailles (1919)
- Xinhai Revolution (1911)
- Spanish flu pandemic (1918)
- Weimar Republic (1919)