1918 flu pandemic [SEP] start time
Spanish flu
The 1918 influenza pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920; colloquially known as Spanish flu) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people around the world, including people on remote Pacific islands and in the Arctic, and resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million (three to five percent of Earth's human population at the time), making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history.
Infectious
1918 in sports
1918 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
"Note — many sporting events did not take place because of World War I or the 1918 flu pandemic"
American football.
College championship
- College football national championship – Pittsburgh Panthers
Professional football
- Most teams shut down due to World War I and the flu pandemic; those that continue play are forced to delay the start of play until the middle of October or later
- Dayton Triangles defeat Detroit Heralds,