On December 5, 1933, history was made that would change the United States (back) forever! Well, you never know, so maybe not forever. In any event, this date was the day Prohibition ended in the United States, although its legacy lives on in HBO's Boardwalk Empire.
Digging Deeper
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution, known as the Volstead Act had been passed in 1920 riding a wave of anti-alcohol sentiment, largely by women that had previously been active in the women's suffrage movement. Apparently, women especially were likely to be anti-alcohol as they saw drunkenness as a highway to domestic abuse, lack of industriousness/income, and adultery/prostitution.
