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13th February
On 13th February 1962, writer and political activist Saunders Lewis delivered a now famous radio lecture entitled Tynged yr Iaith -the Fate of the Language, which was instrumental in the formation of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh language Society) and, therefore, the implementation of most of the current bilingual policies.
In the lecture, Lewis predicted the decline and eventual death of the Welsh language if Welsh speakers did not refuse to fill in all types of official forms if it was not possible for them to do so in Welsh, even if it resulted in imprisonment.
On 13th February 1923, BBC broadcasting in Wales began when the British Broadcasting Company (as it then was) made its first radio broadcast from "Station 5WA" in Cardiff. Blaina-born baritone Mostyn Thomas opened the programme, singing Dafydd y Garreg Wen and Gwilym Davies became the first speaker to broadcast in the Welsh language.
Born this day 1891, in Rhosgadfan, Gwynedd.
Kate Roberts, who was one of the foremost Welsh language authors of the twentieth century.
Known as Brenhines ein llên ("The queen of our literature"), it was the death of her brother during World War I, that inspired Roberts to start writing, using it as a means of coming to terms with her loss. Her work mainly deals with how ordinary people overcome life's problems and disappointments. Roberts was also a prominent Welsh nationalist and was an early member of Plaid Cymru.
RAF Valley in Anglesey opened on 13th February 1941, with the task of providing defence cover for England's industrial north-west and shipping in the Irish Sea.
Royal Air Force Station Valley provides fast-jet training for jet planes and aircrew working with search and rescue. It is also used as Anglesey Airport.
Born on this day 1993 in Tonypandy.
Sophie Evans - Singer and actress who gained wide public notice as being the runner-up on the 2010 BBC talent show "Over the Rainbow", with its chief judge being Andrew Lloyd Webber. She went on to play Dorothy in Lloyd Webber's West End production of "The Wizard of Oz".
