2009 Event Fearing that turkeys contracted swine flu from humans, two turkey farms in Valparaiso, Chile are quarantined 2009 Event The "swine flu", the H1N1 influenza strain is the first condition deemed a global pandemic since the Hong Kong flu of 1967 - 1968 1976 Event Government halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis 1976 Event Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing