This Day in History: 1800

Open for Democracy

Congress holds its first session in Washington's new Capitol building. After arriving to the partially-completed structure on the backs of their slaves (little known fact: slave piggyback rides were considered the ultimate status-symbol vehicle of the early 1800s*), representatives quickly went to work passing legislation that made female orgasms illegal before dismissing themselves for the rest of the day to kick a drunk peasant who had wandered on to the Capitol's grounds. 

*the DoF can't actually prove this, but it sounds right, yeah?