August 28th, 2008

Today in History

1993:
Ong Teng Cheong elected president of Singapore

1879:
Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.

1913:
Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.

475:
The Pannonian general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital of Ravenna and appoints Romulus Augustus in his place.

1937:
Toyota Motors becomes an independent company