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Title: Thank you, Utahrds! Post by: MFAWG on December 05, 2009, 07:37:57 AM http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7102&1
Quote December 5, 1933 Prohibition ends The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America. At 5:32 p.m. EST, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the amendment, achieving the requisite three-fourths majority of states' approval. Pennsylvania and Ohio had ratified it earlier in the day. |