The U.S. Congress passes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volstead_Act" id="mwog" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Volstead Act">Volstead Act</a> over President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a>'s veto, paving the way for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition</a> to begin the following January.