The report from the Surgeon General in 1984 linking cigarette smoke to lung diseases in non-smokers.
Today is Saturday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2026. There are 222 days left in the year. On May 23, 1984, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was “very solid” evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung disease in non-smokers.
In 1915, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary, aligning with the Triple Entente of Russia, France and the United Kingdom. In 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death during a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. In 1939, the diesel-electric submarine USS Squalus sank during a test dive in 240 feet of water off the coast of New Hampshire, killing 22 crew members.
. In 1945, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler killed himself while in British custody in Lüneburg, Germany. In 2013, the Boy Scouts of America announced it would remove membership restrictions based on sexual orientation, while maintaining a ban on openly gay Scout leaders. In 2015, supporters of marriage equality in Ireland celebrated as referendum results showed a constitutional amendment in favor of recognizing same-sex marriage passing by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. In 2018, NFL owners approved a new policy allowing players to protest during the national anthem by staying in the locker room but forbidding players from sitting or taking a knee if they’re on the field.
In 2021, a cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of northern Italy’s Lake Maggiore plummeted to the ground when a cable snapped, killing 14 people. Chess grand master Anatoly Karpov is 75. Actor Melissa McBride is 61. Singer-songwriter Jewel is 52.
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