United States ~ "Prohibition Remembrance Day". A celebration of the Banning of Booze!!


1547 ~ Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first czar of Russia.


1883 ~ The U.S. Civil Service Commission established.


1920 ~ (Pursuant to #1!!) A year after it was ratified, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, went into effect.


1942 ~ Actress Carole Lombard, the wife of actor Clark Gable, died in a plane crash.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind