Ali Maow Maalin, the last known person in the world with smallpox. He was diagnosed with the disease in October 1977 and made a full recovery (Merca, Somalia 1977) - History Education Network

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‘What atrocities the Muscovites commit’. Propaganda leaflet about the Livonian War, Holy Roman Empire, 1561

My great-great grandmother with some of her children and stepchildren. Not sure of date but believe around 1900. Philadelphia, PA

Egyptian-born Israeli spy Eli Cohen, who was publicly executed after his true allegiance was uncovered by Syrian intelligence. Damascus, 1965

From the 1930s, when Nepal’s king Juddha Shumsher went on a hunting expedition.

Swedish warships camouflaged in Smörkullen, Sweden, 1942.

Ali Maow Maalin, the last known person in the world with smallpox. He was diagnosed with the disease in October 1977 and made a full recovery (Merca, Somalia 1977)

Categories: 1900s

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