100 years ago

Prohibition became the law of the land.  That sure worked well, didn't it?  But the Black Market and gangster wars that it spawned led to the National Firearms Act of 1934.  They've been taking more slices from our cake ever since.

In other news of Statist Pricks that became famous today, we have the following:

In 27 B.C., Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus became - by an act of the Roman Senate - Caesar Augustus.  While it's probably not true that his great-grandson Caligula appointed his favorite race horse Incitatus to the Senate, he should have.  After all, the Divine Augustus was the poster child for Statist Pricks to this very day.

In 1547, Ivan the Terrible became the very first Czar of Muscovy.  Not to be confused with your current Czar of Muscovy who - while an Autocrat in the Old School - isn't a Statist Prick like Ivan.

In 1556 (things were busy back then), Philip II became King of Spain.  Philip was the King of the Spanish Armada, not to mention half of Europe.  Good Queen Bess fought the Statist Prick off.

In 1786, the State of Virginia enacted Thomas Jefferson's Statute of Religious Freedom, a very non-Statist-Prick statute.  Maybe the current Governor Blackface could learn a bit from this, amirite?

In 1920, the League Of Nations held it first meeting.  Because it was in Paris rather than in New York City, they could have a legal drink.

In 1969, Czech student Jan Palach burns himself to death to protest the Soviet occupation of Prague the previous year.  The Soviets were the biggest Statist Pricks since Caesar Augustus, even beating out Ivan the Terrible for biggest Statist Pricks, Russian division.

In 2020, the Impeachment Trial of Donal Trump opened.  The House Democrats have shown themselves to be the biggest set of Statist Pricks since at least the League of Nations.  They're certainly as effective.

Hat tip to The Queen Of The World who knew posting about Prohibition would make be a little ornery.