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Anniversaries in American history that fall on January 16.

1919 · Documents / Laws & Acts
Eighteenth Amendment
The Constitutional Ban on Alcohol That Created Prohibition, 1919–1933
Eighteenth Amendment
1883 · Documents / Laws & Acts
Pendleton Civil Service Act
The 1883 Reform That Ended the Spoils System in Federal Hiring
Pendleton Civil Service Act