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The state laws governing the control of alcoholic beverages in New Jersey are unique; they are among the most complex in the United States and contain many peculiarities not found in other states. New Jersey law grants individual municipalities substantial discretion in creating ordinances that regulate the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages. A small percentage of municipalities in the state are "dry towns" that do not allow alcoholic beverages to be sold. Other towns permit alcohol sales 24 hours a day. The history of taverns and alcohol production in New Jersey dates to its early colonial period. A local distillery owner was asked by George Washington for his recipe for "cyder spirits." With the rise of the temperance movement, New Jersey's alcohol industry suffered; many breweries, wineries and distilleries either closed or relocated to other states. The legacy of Prohibition restricted and prevented the industry's recovery until the state legislature began loosening restrictions starting in 1981. New Jersey's alcohol industry is experiencing a renaissance, and recently enacted laws provide new opportunities for the state's wineries and breweries. (Full article...)

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In association football, Manchester United win the Premier League.

Horacio Cartes is elected President of Paraguay, while his Colorado Party wins a plurality in the Congress.

Orbital Sciences Corporation launches the maiden flight of the Antares rocket (pictured), carrying a mockup of the Cygnus spacecraft into orbit.

Tsegaye Kebede and Priscah Jeptoo win the men's and women's races, respectively, at the London Marathon.

Giorgio Napolitano becomes the first Italian President to be re-elected.

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.

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April 24: Genocide Remembrance Day in Armenia; Pesach Sheni (Judaism, 2013)

1547 – Schmalkaldic War: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, led Imperial troops to a decisive victory in the Battle of Mühlberg over the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League of Protestant princes.

1800 – The Library of Congress, the de facto national library of the United States, was established as part of an act of Congress providing for the transfer of the nation's capital from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.

1913 – The Woolworth Building (pictured) opened in New York City as the tallest building in the world at the time.

1915 – The Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire began with the arrest and deportation of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople.

1933 – Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.

1993 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring 44 others and causing £350 million in damages.

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