First public basketball game / First case of Spanish flu reported in U.S. - March 11 - This Day in History Class

First public basketball game / First case of Spanish flu reported in U.S. - March 11

The first public basketball game took place on this day in 1892. / On this day in 1918, the first case of the Spanish flu was reported in the U.S.

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