People who have ties to Kansas
by I-Authored-Mitch | Public
Even as backwards as Kansas seems to be, something good can hail from there. Here is a list of people who are part of popular culture who were born, spent some of their childhood there, attended college, or currently reside there.
Most notably, the 1918 flu pandemic began in Kansas. The first known cases were in soldiers at Fort Riley. The Spanish Flu (January 1918 – December 1920) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 million of them—three to five percent of the world's population —making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Most influenza outbreaks disproportionately kill juvenile, elderly, or already weakened patients; in contrast the 1918 pandemic predominantly killed previously healthy young adults. [Wikipedia]
After the plane crash that killed Knute Rockne near Bazaar KS, national outcry over the air disaster that killed Rockne (and the 7 others) triggered sweeping changes to airliner design, manufacturing, operation, inspection, maintenance, regulation and crash-investigation—igniting a safety revolution that ultimately transformed airline travel worldwide, from the most dangerous form of travel to the safest form of travel.[Wikipedia] Amazing that Tornados (via "The Wizard of Oz") are not the only way Kansas affected the world.
I also have ties to Kansas, Mostly in Gove County. If you open a Quinter KS phone book half of those people are related to me. I also lived in several Kansas towns. I finally moved because KS Social Services abuses men and fathers.
Here is a link to part of my story http://www.divinecaroline.com/life-etc/culture-causes/my-so-called-life-so-far-part-1
Most notably, the 1918 flu pandemic began in Kansas. The first known cases were in soldiers at Fort Riley. The Spanish Flu (January 1918 – December 1920) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 million of them—three to five percent of the world's population —making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Most influenza outbreaks disproportionately kill juvenile, elderly, or already weakened patients; in contrast the 1918 pandemic predominantly killed previously healthy young adults. [Wikipedia]
After the plane crash that killed Knute Rockne near Bazaar KS, national outcry over the air disaster that killed Rockne (and the 7 others) triggered sweeping changes to airliner design, manufacturing, operation, inspection, maintenance, regulation and crash-investigation—igniting a safety revolution that ultimately transformed airline travel worldwide, from the most dangerous form of travel to the safest form of travel.[Wikipedia] Amazing that Tornados (via "The Wizard of Oz") are not the only way Kansas affected the world.
I also have ties to Kansas, Mostly in Gove County. If you open a Quinter KS phone book half of those people are related to me. I also lived in several Kansas towns. I finally moved because KS Social Services abuses men and fathers.
Here is a link to part of my story http://www.divinecaroline.com/life-etc/culture-causes/my-so-called-life-so-far-part-1
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