On this day 1912 Edgar Evans perished on the return journey from the South Pole

Edgar Evans was born at Middleton on Gower on the 7th March 1876. He attended St. Helen's Boys School before joining the Royal Navy in 1891, at the age of fifteen. His first experience of polar exploration was between 1901-04 when he joined the National Antarctic Expedition whose brief was to seek out mineral wealth for the British Empire. The officer in command, Captain R.F.Scott was so impressed with Evans' ingenuity, strength and courage that he invited him to join the British Antarctic Expedition's attempt to reach the South Pole (1910-13).

The five-man team reached the Pole on 17th January, 1912 only to discover that  Amundsen had beaten them to it.  Demoralised and suffering from the effects of a poor diet and inadequate equipment, the team perished on the return journey, Edgar Evans was the first to die. His widow, Lois, had a plaque placed, in his memory, in the church at Rhossili and Evans is also remembered at the naval shore establishment on Whale Island, Portsmouth, where the Edgar Evans Building was the first to be named after a petty officer rather than an admiral.

Born this day 1944, in Penclawdd, Gower

Karl Jenkins, CBE, musician and composer.

Jenkins, who began his musical career with the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, went on to to study music at Cardiff University and the Royal Academy of Music.  He was known in his early career as a jazz musician, playing saxaphone, keyboards and oboe.

 His album "Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary" was No.1 in the classical album charts and "The Armed Man" was listed as No. 1 in Classic FM's "Top 10 by living composers".   Jenkins is a fellow and an associate of the Royal Academy of Music, joint president of the British Double Reed Society and Patron of the International Choral Music Society.

Jenkins has also created several pieces of music for advertising and is best known in that field for composing the music for Levi's Jeans and Renault's  "Papa, Nicole, advertisements. 

Born on this day 1919 in Wardley, Tyne and Wear.

Jonah Jones - respected artist who worked in many media including slate, stone and stained and leaded glass, he also produced bronze busts and painted watercolours.

Although born in North East England, Jones is widely associated with Wales, as his father was of Welsh descent and he spent over 50 years working and living in Wales.  His  work was also greatly influenced by Welsh themes, such as the Mabinogion  and the landscape of North Wales.

Jones is perhaps best remembered as a lettering artist, with his intricately carved inscriptions in Westminster Abbey for David Lloyd George and Dylan Thomas, good examples.

On 17th February 1976 - Operation Julie was launched at a meeting in Brecon, involving a number of chief constables and senior drug squad officers.  It eventually resulted in the break-up of one of the largest LSD manufacturing operations in the world.

The subsequent drugs raid in 1977 on an LSD factory in mid-Wales discovered six million tabs, which was the largest stash of illegal drugs ever found and resulted in dozens of people being arrested.