📅 26 October 1977
Ali Maow Maalin developed the rash of the last known naturally occurring smallpox case.
📅 26 October 1977
Maalin survived his infection; the exact date refers to the onset of his rash.
📅 26 October 1977
Health workers traced contacts and responded to prevent further natural smallpox transmission.
📅 26 October 1977
This 1977 illness came before the World Health Assembly declared global eradication in 1980.
