Today in History - August 8: How a ketchup bottle brought great train robbers to justice
On August 8, 1963 a gang of at least 12 men held up a Royal Mail train packed with money heading from Glasgow to London in what became known as the Great Train Robbery.
They made off with the equivalent of $140 million in today's money.
The gang had left behind a hoard of evidence, including fingerprints on a monopoly board and ketchup bottle.
Soon after most of the robbers were arrested. Following their trial, the ringleaders were sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone and a former heavyweight boxer who claimed to be the inspiration for the hit Rocky movies reached an out-of-court settlement on August 8, 2006.
Chuck Wepner sued Stallone, arguing that the actor and producer improperly used his name to promote the Rocky films. Stallone responded that Wepner benefited by making public appearances as "the real Rocky".
Wepner's boxing career mirrored that of the fictional underdog Rocky Balboa, portrayed by Stallone.
In 1975, he stepped into the ring against legendary heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali as a 40-to-1 underdog.
Despite knocking down the titleholder, Ali eventually beat the heroic Wepner by a technical knockout with 19 seconds left in the 15th and final round.
Australian troops under Lieutenant-General John Monash spearheaded a decisive offensive on August 8, 1918, in the final months of World War I.
Allied forces deployed overwhelming force in the Battle of Amiens against German forces in western France, with infantry, tanks and aircraft working together. Months later Germany sued for peace.
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