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On July 17, 1984, President Reagan signed The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, requiring all states to raise the legal age for buying alcoholic beverages from 18 to 21.
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On July 17, 1984, President Reagan signed The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, requiring all states to raise the legal age for buying alcoholic beverages from 18 to 21.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-drinking-age-debate
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friends_don%27t_let_friends_drive_drunk_(4647886178).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Archives_APC_CLIP_7-AIR_STRIKE_MISSIONS_8658,_8669_AND_8670,_VIETNAM,_13_AND_14_MARCH_1965.webmhd.webm
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Ronald_Reagan_talking_with_Audrey_Hepburn_and_Robert_Wolders.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twenty-sixth_Amendment_Certification_Ceremony.webm
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_051130-N-7293M-003_U.S._Navy_Master-at-Arms_1st_Class_Robert_C._Tempesta_places_a_%22Don%27t_Drink_and_Drive%22_sign_in_front_of_a_wrecked_car_outside_the_front_gate_of_U.S._Naval_Base_Guam.jpg
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