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The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,” is ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919.
circa 1920: Two men pouring alcohol down a drain during prohibition in America. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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On January 18, 1919, in Paris, France, some of the most powerful people in the world meet to begin the long, complicated negotiations that would officially mark the end of the First World War.
opening session of the Versailles Peace conference at the Trianon Palace january 1919. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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