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1966 New York City smog

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 23, 2017 by Ealdgyth - Talk 16:39, 21 October 2017 (UTC)



The 1966 New York City smog was a historic air-pollution event in New York City, when smog engulfed the city during that year's Thanksgiving holiday weekend. From November 23–26, New York City had high levels of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, smoke, and haze. On November 25, leaders of local and state governments announced an alert and asked residents and industry to take voluntary steps to minimize emissions. Health officials advised people with respiratory or heart conditions to stay indoors. The smog was a major environmental disaster with severe public health effects. A statistical analysis found that 168 people had died because of the smog. The smog catalyzed greater national awareness of air pollution as a serious health problem and political issue. Prompted by the smog, President Lyndon B. Johnson and members of Congress worked to pass federal legislation regulating air pollution in the United States, culminating in the 1967 Air Quality Act and the 1970 Clean Air Act.
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 * Promoted: June 18, 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: I'm nominating this article because the date, November 23, coincides with the 51st anniversary of the first day of the smog. This year's November 23 falls on Thanksgiving Day in the United States, and this smog is strongly identified with the 1966 Thanksgiving weekend. I went back a year to try to find similar TFAs; as you can see, I only found hurricanes and storms, which are similar only in the broad sense that they are also disasters. I did not find any other environmental (i.e. pollution) articles within the last year. Another note: the image is not of the 1966 smog, but there are no known public domain images of that smog. This image, from the 1953 smog of similar severity, previously ran on the main page when this article appeared in DYK last year.
 * Support as nominator. —BLZ · talk 20:04, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Support Very well written article; interesting topic. Codyorb (talk) 22:17, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Support: interesting topic and I do not see any reason not to put it up on the main page on the requested day. Aoba47 (talk) 21:22, 18 October 2017 (UTC)