bkkguy
December 15th, 2020, 19:43
Of the 15 deadliest days in American history, 10 of them have happened within the last few weeks - with COVID daily deaths overtaking Sept 11 and Pearl Harbour, and behind only two Civil War battles and a hurricane that struck in the year 1900!
(this was first published last week so "This" is two weeks ago and "Last" is three weeks ago)
Galveston Hurricane (in 1900) — 8,000
Battle of Antietam (1862) — 3,675
Battle of Gettysburg (1863) — 3,155
This Thursday - 3,067
This Wednesday - 3,054
September 11 (2001) — 2,977
Last Thursday — 2,879
Last Wednesday — 2,804
This Friday - 2,749
This Tuesday - 2,622
Last Friday — 2,607
Last Tuesday — 2,597
Today - 2,477
Last Saturday - 2,445
Pearl Harbor (1941) — 2,403
first published in a political blog as a list of the 10 deadliest days in American history (https://politicalwire.com/2020/12/09/the-deadliest-days-in-american-history/)
with updates from The Covid Tracking Project
(https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/)
(this was first published last week so "This" is two weeks ago and "Last" is three weeks ago)
Galveston Hurricane (in 1900) — 8,000
Battle of Antietam (1862) — 3,675
Battle of Gettysburg (1863) — 3,155
This Thursday - 3,067
This Wednesday - 3,054
September 11 (2001) — 2,977
Last Thursday — 2,879
Last Wednesday — 2,804
This Friday - 2,749
This Tuesday - 2,622
Last Friday — 2,607
Last Tuesday — 2,597
Today - 2,477
Last Saturday - 2,445
Pearl Harbor (1941) — 2,403
first published in a political blog as a list of the 10 deadliest days in American history (https://politicalwire.com/2020/12/09/the-deadliest-days-in-american-history/)
with updates from The Covid Tracking Project
(https://twitter.com/COVID19Tracking/)