The Spanish Lady (1918/9) is estimated to have killed 50 to 100 million - that'd get top billing on the 6 o'clock news.
Yea, everyone says I'm a cynical bsatard; but it all seems a bit too convenient to me; nothing better than a world crisis to keep the natives under controlRichard, you old cynic...
The Hong Kong flu in the 60's killed almost a million worldwide.