October 7, 2024 – The University of North Dakota held its last class of 1918 on this date, ending the fall semester early. Although classes were to be canceled for a single day, the devastation of the Spanish flu led to the closure of most schools and universities until 1919.Best known as the Spanish influenza, the virus that overran the globe in 1918 actually originated somewhere in E...
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