1991 Event Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait 1933 Event 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment, Prohibition, repealed 1920 Event 18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933 1908 Event Sacrifice fly adopted (repealed in 1931, reinstated 1954) 1894 Event Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks 1871 Event U.S. income tax repealed 1869 Event Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed 1809 Event Embargo Act of 1807 repealed and Non-Intercourse Act signed 1770 Event Townsend Acts repealed