President Harding signed "anti-beer bill"

President Harding signed “anti-beer bill”

November 23, 2009 05:00:00 am

On November 23, 1921, President Warren G. Harding signed the Willis-Campbell Act, popularly termed the “anti-beer bill,” prohibiting doctors from prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes.

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Ku Klux Klan trials began in South Carolina

On November 28, 1871, Ku Klux Klan trials began in US District Court in South Carolina as part of a federal effort to halt growing White violence in the former Confederate states. Learn more about the Ku Klux Klan trials.

New Zealand women vote for the first time in a general election

On November 28, 1893, women voted in New Zealand elections for the first time.