Thursday, November 17, 2011



On this day in 1800, the U.S. Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
In a partially completed Capital Building...

They didn't have Green Energy Scandals or Congressman doing inside trading.






















In 1869 the Suez Canal opened in Egypt.
In 1917 sculptor August Rodin died in France; he was 77.
In 1925 Roy Scherer Jr., who would become a screen star as Rock Hudson, was born in Winnetka.