Happy 75th birthday to the end of Prohibition!

People across the USA might take time out from the economic crisis and its sober comparisons to the Great Depression today to toast the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.

Celebrations of the 1933 ratification of the 21st Amendment, which ended the country’s dry spell, are planned in San Francisco, Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.

The milestone comes at a time when a growing number of states and municipalities are relaxing Sunday alcohol sales restrictions.

Hear that, Indiana lawmakers? Relax. Relax those Sunday sales restrictions. All the cool kids are doing it.