2014 Event South Korea bans poultry from the U.S. due to potential bird flu concerns; South Korea is working to contain the spread of the virus among its own avian population 2014 Event A bird flu outbreak has been identified on three poultry farms in the Netherlands; though current tests show the virus strain to pose a low risk to humans, infected birds will be slaughtered 2014 Event Shanghai and Hong Kong halt live poultry sales after a third death from to the H7N9 bird flu is reported in Hong Kong; China has reported 19 deaths and 96 infections from the bird flu at the beginning of 2014 2013 Event In Beijing, China, a seven-year old girl is confirmed as the first person in the country to catch the Influenza A virus subtype H7N9 bird flu 2011 Event Japan experiences its fifth outbreak of bird flu, forcing the slaughter of 150,000 chickens 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 1997 Event Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu 1988 Event Chris Evert defaults at U.S. Open due to a stomach flu 1979 Event Elton John, sick with flu, collapses at the Hollywood Universal Ampitheater 1976 Event Government halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis 1976 Event Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing 1944 Death Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder 1924 Birthday Huey "Piano" Smith, rocker, Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu 1919 Event Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) and Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic 1900 Death John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81
