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11th January 1964: US Surgeon General publishes groundbreaking report on the health effects of tobacco smoking

11th January 2021
Tagged as: America, Health, Science, Smoking, Tobacco, USA

The report drew three main conclusions focused on the effect of smoking on the functioning of the respiratory system.

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27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history

27th September 2019
Tagged as: Catholicism, Europe, Mexico, Papacy, Papal States, Pope, Rome, Smoking, Tobacco, Urban VII, Urban VIII, Vatican

The shortest papacy in history ended after just twelve days following the death of Pope Urban VII, shortly after he introduced Europe’s first smoking ban.

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11th January 1964: US Surgeon General publishes groundbreaking report on the health effects of tobacco smoking

27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history

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HistoryPod Extra: Centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918

16th May 1771: The Battle of Alamance ends the Regulator Movement in Provincial North Carolina

1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation

18th August 1920: Ratification of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees female suffrage

13th June 1944: First V-1 ‘Doodlebug’ flying bomb attack on London

12th June 1987: Ronald Reagan calls on Mikhail Gorbachev to ‘Tear down this wall!’

11th June 1837: Broad Street Riot breaks out in Boston, MA

10th June 1935: Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Bill Wilson and Robert Smith

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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