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On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
The world was no stranger to plague outbreaks: The most famous, known as the Black Death, killed as many as 50 million people in Europe beginning in 1346. Scientists believe infected fleas were ...
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This Week in History: The Jews of Basel are burnt
At the end of the 14th century in Europe, scores were dying from the Black Plague and nobody knew why. That is, until a scapegoat was found. On January 9, 1349, nearly the entire Jewish population ...