Cretan Autonomous State Established / Smallpox eradication certified - December 9 - a podcast by iHeartRadio & HowStuffWorks

The Cretan Autonomous State was established on this day in 1898 under the Julian calendar. By the Gregorian calendar, it was December 21. / On this day in 1979, members of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication signed a statement that declared that smallpox had been eradicated worldwide.
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