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Prohibition Events in History



1959 Event - Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years

1933 Event - 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment, Prohibition, repealed

1933 Event - House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition

1933 Event - U.S. Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition

1931 Event - Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury

1930 Event - Prohibition of Wieringermeer finished

1924 Event - Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted

1923 Event - New York state revokes Prohibition law

1920 Event - 18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933

1919 Event - Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson's veto

1919 Event - President Wilson's veto of Prohibition Enforcement Bill is overridden

1919 Event - Norwegian population agrees to prohibition

1919 Event - Secretary of state proclaims 18th amendment, prohibition

1919 Event - Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th

1918 Event - Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition)

1872 Event - 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio)

1851 Event - 1st U.S. alcohol prohibition law enacted, Maine

1789 Event - Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances









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