Moonshine – Today In Southern History
28 October 1919
28 October 1919
On this date in 1919…
Congress passed the Volstead Act prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” Moonshining and ‘Blockade Whiskey’ instantly became a big business in the Southern hills. The illegal practice kept food on the table for many families during the depression.
Other Years:
1793 – Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin.
1863 – Confederate General James Longstreet’s division engaged federal troops at Wauhatchie, Tennessee, in rare night attack. A total of 865 were killed or wounded.
1904 – The St. Louis Police Department became the first to use fingerprinting.
1962 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
1965 – The 630 foot high Gateway Arch was completed in St Louis, Missouri.
1981- Edward M McIntrye was elected as the first black mayor of Augusta, Georgia.
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