It seems that today is the 75th anniversary of the the return of beer. It had been 14 years since prohibitionists had gotten a new amendment and April 7 was the day it became legal to down a pint. Such an important date - why are we all at work? Why aren’t we out drinking? April 6, 1933, was referred to as New Beer’s Eve, proof that people had a sense of humor even then. There was literally dancing in the streets. Technically, what people were able to drink on April 7th wasn’t that great, qualitatively speaking, and the better stuff didn’t come along until the 21st Amendment was repealed, and the repeal ratified, on December 5. Several breweries, however, shipped cases directly to the Capitol and the Whie House. More than 1.5 million barrels of beer were bought in the first 24 hours. CNN has more.