Back in the early 1900s, Claude Monet painted a series of pictures of his impressions of London. At that time London was a smokier place than it is today because people burned coal for heat, lots of coal! The sky was generally dark with pollution, and Monet recorded that in his paintings. I think he had soot in his eyes.
The Great Smog befell London starting on December 4, 1952, and lasted until March of 1953. It was a great disaster that killed thousands and formed an important impetus to the modern environmental movement.
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