TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

0476 - Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of the western Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaimed himself King of Italy.

1873 - Colonel Warburton captures an Aboriginal woman with the intent of forcing her to reveal the whereabouts of native wells.

1944 - During World War II, British troops entered the city of Antwerp, Belgium.

1948 - The Dutch Queen Wilhelmina left her throne for health reasons.

1949 - The longest pro tennis match in history was played when Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets.

1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event at Munich, Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.

1981 - The Soviet Union began war games with about 100,000 troops on the Polish border.

1986 - South African security forces halted a mass funeral for the victims of the riot in Soweto.

1993 - Pope John Paul II started his first visit to the former Soviet Union.

1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women was opened in Beijing. More than 4750 delegates from 181 countries attended.

1998 - In Mexico, bankers stopped approving personal loans and mortgages.

1998 - The International Monetary Fund approved a $257 million loan for the Ukraine.

1998 - Google was incorporated as a privately held company.

1999 - The United Nations announced residents of East Timor had overwhelmingly voted for independence from Indonesia in a referendum held on August 30. In Dili, pro-Indonesian militias attacked independence supporters, burned buildings, blew up bridges and destroyed telecommunication facilities.

2006 - Australian icon, Steve Irwin, is killed by a stingray.

2006 - Colin Thiele, author of Storm Boy, dies.