TODAY IN HISTORY: Pop star banned from the radio for witnessing assassination
The assassination was witnessed by pop singer Sim Soo-bong, one of the invited guests at the dinner party.
Because she had witnessed the murder, she was locked up in a prison and then a mental hospital for a month.
She was banned from TV and radio for two years.
A Somalian cook became the last person to be infected with naturally occurring smallpox on October 26, 1977.
Ali Maow Maalin had avoided getting vaccinated when the opportunity arose because he feared the injection would hurt.
Maalin became infected after spending 15 minutes in a car with two infected children.
He would later make a full recovery.
The date of his infection is regarded as the date the disease was eradicated worldwide.
Maalin spent the rest of his life advocating for vaccines, providing polio and measles vaccinations to children in Somalia.
Historically, smallpox was one of the world's deadliest diseases.
Once a person contracted the disease, there was no effective treatment.
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