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31st January 1865: Thirteenth Amendment passed by the US Congress to formally abolish slavery

31st January 2021
Tagged as: Amendment, America, American Civil War, Emancipation, Lincoln, Racism, Slavery, Thirteenth Amendment, United States, USA

It was sent to the states for ratification the next day, a process that was concluded on 6 December after the necessary three-quarters of states approved it.

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16th January 1919: Nebraska becomes the vital 36th of the 48 states to approve prohibition in the 18th Amendment

16th January 2021
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Nationwide prohibition began on 17 January the following year, and existed until its repeal by the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933.

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31st January 1865: Thirteenth Amendment passed by the US Congress to formally abolish slavery

16th January 1919: Nebraska becomes the vital 36th of the 48 states to approve prohibition in the 18th Amendment

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22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

4th August 221: The death of Lady Zhen of the Three Kingdoms

28th January 1393: Charles VI of France and the Bal des Ardents

25th February 1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first African-American U.S. Senator

24th February 1848: King Louis Philippe of France abdicates

23rd February 1836: The Siege of the Alamo begins, lasting for thirteen days before the final battle

22nd February 1943: Trial and execution of White Rose members

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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