[EXCITING PROHIBITION ERA POST IN PROGRESS! STAY TUNED…]

January 17, 1920 DRYEST JANUARY IN AMERICAN HISTORY. …’

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.

January 17, 1920 AT the country went dry at midnight on January 17, 1920....

Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Prohibition Begins - This Month in Business History

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