1526 – Ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia
1895 – George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)
1920 – British Empire receives League of Nations mandate over Nauru
1944 – San Francisco M-Ocean View streetcar resumes service and is extended to Market St
1965 – British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia
1970 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1971 – “Diamonds are Forever”, 7th James Bond film, last starring Sean Conner, also starring Jill St. John is 1st released in West Germany
1971 – Cease fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir
1988 – NY Islanders break 12 game losing streak, beat Devils 5-2
2017 – Sebastián Piñera wins Chile’s presidential election run-off, returning to office after 4 years