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On this date in Maine history: Dec. 5

Dec. 5, 1933: The U.S. Constitution’s 14-year prohibition of alcohol consumption, an outgrowth of the Maine Liquor Law of the 1850s, comes to an end when Utah becomes the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment. The Constitution requires that for an amendment to take effect, it must be passed by a two-thirds majority in […]