The Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) to the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919.
Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
January 17, 1920 DRYEST JANUARY IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THEORETICALLY. would happen a year later on Jan 17th 2020….
The 18th Amendment was ratified on January 16, 1919 and the country went dry at midnight on January 17, 1920. Prior to Prohibition various types of alcohol were produced all over the country.