In 1957 an Asian influenza pandemic, known as 'Asian flu', constituted the worst global epidemic since the end of the First World War, killing more than a million people in two years, including 16,000 in Britain and 70,000 in the United States.
- From History of the Twentieth Century by Martin Gilbert
[I recall the Asian Flu but didn't realize how many people it killed. Incidentally, Martin Gilbert's book is a great review of significant events.]
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