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 More Historical Events »