 The song went on to inspire the creation of the Pan-African flag in 1920.The phrase appeared in 1909 in the newspaper comic "Little Nemo in Slumberland", by Winsor McCay, in which the numbers 4, 11 and 44 were shown on a sign hanging from the tail of an imaginary creature.In 1912, the "New York Times" anticipated superstition surrounding the date April 11, 1944