ON AUGUST 23…

IN 1775, King George III issued a proclamation stating the American colonies stood in ‘open and avowed Rebellion’, and would face severe punishment.

IN 2006, Austrian Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted aged ten, escaped from Wolfgang Priklopil after eight years held in a cellar below his garage.

IN 2010, Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren announced their divorce, nine months after a car crash that left the then world No 1 golfer seriously injured and triggered revelations about his infidelities.