Super Bowl III, in which the New York Jets defeated the heavily favored Baltimore Colts by the score of 16–7, took place 48 years ago today.

Jets quarterback Joe Namath, seen above, went 17 for 28 and threw for 206 yards. It remains the Jets’ only SuperBowl win and appearance.
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Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States was published on this date in 1964.

Studies had been conducted in an attempt to discern causal connections between smoking and negative health effects for a number of years. The report was not the first to find causal connections, but it may have been the one to have the largest effect: it is this report that ultimately led to the “Surgeon General’s Warning” affixed to every pack of cigarettes sold in America starting in the late 1960s, such as seen above.
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The San Francisco 49ers beat the Dallas Cowboys 28–27 in the NFC Championship Game 35 years ago today, a game that was won by the 49ers with a fourteen-play drive and a third-and-three touchdown pass from quarterback Joe Montana to receiver Dwight Clark with 58 seconds remaining in the game.

When NFL fans refer to “The Catch,” this pass is the one that has carried that nickname for the 35 years since (video after the jump, Vin Scully broadcast):
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