By Lady Williamson
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, sometimes called Main Justice, is the headquarters of the United States Department of Justice. It houses Department of Justice offices, including the office of the United States Attorney General. The building was completed in 1935. In 2001, it was renamed after Robert F. Kennedy, the 64th Attorney General of the United States.
The building is located at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, on a trapezoidal lot on the block bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue to the north, Constitution Avenue to the south, 9th Street to the east, and 10th Street NW to the west, in the Federal Triangle. It is located west of the National Archives Building, east of the Internal Revenue Service Building, north of the National Mall, and south of the J. Edgar Hoover Building. The building is owned by the General Services Administration. It comprises seven floors and 1.2 million sq ft (110,000 m2).
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
What do A.M. and P.M. stand for?
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Bluey
Puzzle of the Day
What is that which is full of holes and yet holds water?
Born
- Oliver Wolcott (politician) –
- Norman Thomas (social reformer) –
- Edwin Powell Hubble (astronomer) –
- Alistair Cooke (journalist) –
- Gene Tierney (actress) –
- Maya Plisetskaya (Russian ballerina) –
- Robert F. Kennedy (politician) –
- Dick Smothers (comedian) –
- Joe Biden (46th U.S. president) –
- Veronica Hamel (actress) –
- Joe Walsh (musician) –
- Sean Young (actress) –
- Ming-Na (actress) –
- Joel McHale (actor) –
- J. D. Drew (baseball player) –
- Dominique Dawes (gymnast) –
Died
- Harriot Stanton Blatch (U.S. suffragette) –
- John McEwen (18th Prime Minister of Australia) –
- Robert Altman (director) –
Events
- The final ride of the Pony Express completed–
- J. Haven & C. Hettrich patented a whirligig (yo-yo)–
- William Bundy received patent for employees’ time recorder–
- Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, incorporated as a city–
- Fire wiped out most of business district in Oceana, West Virginia–
- Photos required for U.S. passports–
- Tucson Municipal Flying Field in Arizona became the first municipal airport in the United States–
- First nighttime photograph taken from an airplane occurred over Rochester, NY–
- The Alcan Highway was dedicated at Soldier’s Summit in the Yukon Territory–
- Nuremberg Trials begin in Germany, an international military tribunal, trying Nazi offenders for crimes against peace, humanity and the laws of war.–
- Princess Elizabeth (later to be known as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten–
- The musical, Cabaret, premiered at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York–
- The United States Department of Justice headquarters building dedicated as the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building–
- The Wizard of Oz Munchkins received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame–
- A 2.4-magnitude earthquake shook Portsmouth, New Hampshire–
- Green Giant set a new Guinness World Record for largest green bean casserole. The concoction weighed 1,009 pounds! The dish was then served to people in need in the New York area through Citymeals on Wheels.–
Weather
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee caused extensive damage and killed 73 people–
- Eighteen inches of snow at Paradise, Michigan–
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