1917 - The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, authorizing prohibition of alcohol, is approved by the US congress and sent to the states for ratification
1957- World’s 1st full scale nuclear power plant, for peacetime use only, begins to generate electricity at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania
1979 - Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH)
2019- US House o…
