On Nov. 17, 1800, Congress held its first session in Washington in the partially completed Capitol building.

In 1973, President Richard Nixon told Associated Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, Fla.: "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook."

Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 71

Movie director Martin Scorsese is 67.

Actress Lauren Hutton is 66.

Movie director Roland Joffe is 64.

Rock musician Jim Babjak (The Smithereens) is 52. Actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is 51.

Entertainer RuPaul is 49.

Actress Sophie Marceau is 43.

Actor Leonard Roberts is 37.

Actor Brandon Call is 33.

Country singer Aaron Lines is 32.

Rock musician Isaac Hanson (Hanson) is 29.

Actor Justin Cooper is 21.

Actress Raquel Castro is 15.