On this day in 1918, Albert Gitchel, a US Army Mess Cook at Fort Riley, Kansas became the first documented case of the Spanish Flu. The ensuing pandemic would infect 500 million people over the next two years, killing between 50 and 100 million.
On this day in 1918, Albert Gitchel, a US Army Mess Cook at Fort Riley, Kansas became the first documented case of the Spanish Flu. The ensuing pandemic would infect 500 million people over the next two years, killing between 50 and 100 million.
