Week of December 4th

Take a look back at this week in History

Episode Transcript

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And now I'll look back at thisweek in history on iHeartRadio. This week
in nineteen thirty three, the twentyfirst Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified,
repealing the eighteen Amendment and bringing anend to the era of national prohibition
of alcohol in America. At fivepoint thirty two pm Eastern Time, Utah
became the thirty sixth state to ratifythe amendment, achieving the requisite three fourced

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majority of state's approval. After therepeal of the eighteenth Amendment, some states
continued prohibition by maintaining statewide temperance laws. Mississippi, the last dry state in
the Union, ended prohibition in nineteensixty six. Jumping ahead this week in
nineteen eighty three, Scarface starring AlPacino, opens some theaters. Pacino played
Tony Montana, who arrives in Floridafrom Cuba in nineteen eighty and eventually becomes

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wealthy from his involvement in the boomingcocaine business. Though Brian de Palma's Scarface
received mixed reviews upon its initial releaseand was criticized for its violence, it
proved to be a success at thebox office and went on to achieve culture
status this week. In nineteen eightyseven, at a summit meeting in Washington,
d C. President Ronald Reagan andSoviet leader Michael Gorbachev signed the first

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treaty between the two superpowers to reducetheir massive nuclear arsenals. The historic agreement
band ground launched short and medium rangemissiles, of which the two nations collectively
possessed two thousand, six hundred andeleven, most located in Europe and Southeast
Asia. And this week in twentythirteen, Nelson Mandela, the former activist

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who overcame a nearly three decade prisonstint to become President of South Africa,
passes away after years of struggling withhealth issues. He was ninety five,
and that's what happened. Thanks forlistening to This Week in History on iHeartRadio.