The NYT headlines from the 1918 influenza epidemic mirror the ones from today, it seems. Here& #39;s 9/13/18
9/16/1918
9/18/1918
9/19/1918
9/21/1918
9/23/1918, and things seem better
9/25/1918
9/26/1918
9/28/1918
9/29/1918
9/30/1918
10/3/2018
104/2018
10/5/1918
10/5/1918
10/6/1918
Also 10/6/1918
10/8/1918
10/9/1918
10/10/1918
Also 10/10/1918
10/11/1918
10/15/1918
10/16/1918
Also 10/16/1918
10/19/1918
Also 10/19/1918
10/21/1918
10/23/1918
10/24/1918
11/1/1918
11/3/1918
11/8/1918
11/18/1918
12/11/1918
Seems appropriate to end here: By 12/20/1918, the paper estimated, 6 million people around the world had died
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