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2011 Event - Former U.S. Olympic champion Carl Lewis is granted a place on the ballot for the Democratic primary election for a New Jersey Senate seat

2010 Event - The trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich begins today; Blagovich faces corruption charges regarding his alleged attempt to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat

1997 Event - Seat Mariner Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Oakland A's but loses

1996 Event - 50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Seat Supersonic, 4 games to 2

1995 Event - New York City bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more

1994 Event - South Africa reclaims its seat in U.N.

1994 Death - Edward Kienholz, U.S. sculptor (Back seat of a '38 Dodge), dies at 66

1992 Event - Ted Weiss, despite dying on 14th, wins congressional New York City seat

1992 Event - Ground breaking of Florida Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium

1988 Event - Mario Biaggi, Representative-D-New York, convicted of racketeering resigns seat

1985 Event - U.S.'s 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect in New York

1984 Event - Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989

1979 Event - "Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'n' the Tears peaks at #15

1978 Event - Muriel Humphrey (D-Mn) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat

1976 Event - U.N. Security Council votes 11-1 to seat Palestine Liberation Org

1971 Event - Paul and Linda McCartney release "Back Seat of My Car"

1970 Event - Milwaukee Brewers (former Seat Pilots) 1st game, lose to Angels 12-0

1967 Event - Muriel Siebert is 1st women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange

1967 Birthday - Derrick Graham, NFL tackle for the Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, Seat Seahawks

1966 Event - Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War

1961 Event - Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote and parliament by a single seat

1956 Event - Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses

1945 Event - Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series and is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs

1935 Birthday - James Graham, born in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, Africa, 8th Duke of Montrose, the only Duke with a seat in the House of Lords as a hereditary peer

1935 Birthday - Arthur Hay, born in Scotland, Arthur William Patrick Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnouli, family seat is Dupplin Castle, located outside of Perth, Scotland

1931 Event - 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St. Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game and 21 in 2nd game for 32

1927 Event - Princess Juliana gets seat in Dutch Council of State

1926 Event - Guomindang-regring deallocates seat of Kanton to Wuhan (Hankou)

1926 Event - China asks for a seat in the Security council

1919 Event - Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) and Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic

1911 Event - Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000

1903 Birthday - Mona Washbourne, England, actress, Stevie, Billie Liar, Driver's Seat

1831 Event - Former President John Quincy Adams takes his seat as member of House of Representatives

1550 Event - Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente

554 Event - Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines military governor in Italy

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