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Events in June 1851 1
1851Maine enacts statewide prohibitionFirst US state law banning the sale of alcoholOn 2 June 1851, Maine became the first US state to pass a law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. The "Maine law" became a model adopted by temperance movements in other states.