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The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval.
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Blaine Act
1933 U.S. Congress joint resolution to repeal the 18th Amendment and end Prohibition
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Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution
1933 amendment repealing prohibition of alcohol
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State ratifying conventions
Method of ratifying amendments to the United States Constitution
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February 20
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