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8 May 1980
Smallpox eradication was certified.
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9 Dec 1979
Smallpox is officially declared eradicated.
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11 Sep 1978
Janet Parker became the last person to die of smallpox in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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14 May 1796
Edward Jenner, an English country doctor, gave the first vaccination against smallpox.
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26 Jun 1721
Dr. Zabdiel Boylston of Harvard University gave the first smallpox inoculations in Boston following America's biggest outbreak.
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21 Jan 1677
A medical paper on smallpox was published in Boston, making it the first medical publication in American history.
