ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY......
08.28.08 (7:55 am) [edit]
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476: The Roman empire in the west comes to an end with the forced abdication of Emperor Romulus Augustulus.
•1864: The first Geneva Convention, governing internationally accepted rules of warfare, is signed by 26 nations.
•1914: The Royal Navy destroys German coastal patrols at Heligoland Bight in the first naval action of the war.
476: The Roman empire in the west comes to an end with the forced abdication of Emperor Romulus Augustulus.•
1864: The first Geneva Convention, governing internationally accepted rules of warfare, is signed by 26 nations.•
1914: The Royal Navy destroys German coastal patrols at Heligoland Bight in the first naval action of the war.