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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British fleet in the Maltese Grand Harbour illuminated on the occasion of Hirohito’s visit in 1921

American soldiers in one of 40 carriages, containing a total of over 2.000 dead. (Dachau, 26th of April 1945) (440×327)

On this day 39 years ago, Pennsylvania State Treasurer Budd Dwyer commits suicide during a live, televised press conference (Harrisburg, PA – January 22, 1987)

Ozark Mountains farmer and family, Missouri. May 1940.

A Swedish woman, whose mother had survived Auschwitz, hitting a neo-Nazi with her handbag. (1985)

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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