Born this day 1969, in Newport, Gwent

Michael Sheen OBE, Actor, known for his starring roles as David Nixon in Frost/Nixon, Tony Blair in The Queen and Brian Clough in The Damned United, amoung many others. When he was eight, he and his family moved to live in Port Talbot, the hometown of fellow actors Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins. He was a talented soccer player as a youngster and was offered a place on Arsenal F.C.'s youth team.

On 5th February 1901 John Pierpont Morgan (of Welsh descent) formed the United States Steel Corporation. It was the first billion-dollar company in the world.

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Morgan was an American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector who was a dominating figure in the financial world during his time. His process of taking over troubled businesses to reorganize them was known as "Morganization".

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Pierpont Morgan, as he preferred to be known was born in 1837 in Boston Massachusetts. He began his career in banking and by 1900, had made J. P. Morgan & Company one of the most powerful banking houses of the world. One of the companies that Morgan financed was Thomas Edison's Edison Electric Illuminating Company, which resulted in his house on Madison Avenue being the first electrically lit private residence in New York and on two occasions, he personally intervened to avert national financial crises.

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Morgan was a larger than life character, who smoked dozens of large Havana cigars per day, he was physically large with massive shoulders and piercing eyes. He avoided publicity and hated being photographed, probably because of a chronic skin disease, rosacea which resulted in him having a large, purple pitted nose. He was a notable collector of books, pictures, paintings, clocks and became one of America's most important collectors of gems, having the gem morganite, named after him. He had a suite with a private promenade deck on the Titanic and is reported to have booked a passage on the maiden voyage, but instead decided to stay in France.

Born on this day 1951 in Abertridwr, near Caerphilly.

Geraint Watkins - Rock and roll pianist and accordionist, who has worked with many well known acts, such as; Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney, Shakin' Stevens, Dr. Feelgood, Rory Gallagher, Andy Fairweather-Low, The Stray Cats and Eric Clapton.

Born on this day 1924 in Merthyr Tydfil.

Leo Callaghan - football referee in the English Football League.

Callaghan was in charge of the 1968 FA Cup Final between West Bromwich Albion and Everton at Wembley and was also the match between Portugal and Hungary at the 1966 World Cup Finals in England.