The Pembrokeshire Coast Path was opened this day 1970 by Wynford Vaughan Thomas

The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is walking path around the coastline of Pembrokeshire from Amroth to St Dogmaels

* It is 186 miles long,

* There are 90 beaches alongside or across the Path, 41 of which have been awarded Blue Flag Awards

* 43 Iron Age sites are visible from the Coast Path

* Its 35,000 feet of ascent and descent is said to be equivalent to climbing Everest.

Born this day 1801 in Florida, New York (and proud of his Welsh descent)

William Seward who was known as "The Real US decision maker" and someone who was not afraid to go against public opinion.

Seward was one of the foremost politicians of nineteenth century America, being a New York State Senator, the Governor of New York, a U.S. Senator, as well as serving as Secretary of State in the administrations of both Lincoln and Johnson, during which time, he engineered the 1867 purchase of Alaska from Russia, which was ridiculed at the time and called "Seward's Folly". He also strived to maintain the neutrality of foreign countries during the American Civil War in a period before international law and modern diplomacy.

Seward was an opponent of slavery and a dominant figure in the Republican Party in its formative years. On the night of Lincoln's assassination, he also survived an attempt on his own life.

Born this day 1937 in Taylorville, Illinois (of Welsh descent)

Yvonne Joyce Craig , actress and ballerina who is most famous for her role as Batgirl in the television series and for being the onetime girlfriend of Elvis Presley, with whom she co-starred in two of his films, It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) and Kissin' Cousins (1964).

On this day 1929, at the first ever Academy Awards, the film Wings, directed by William Wellman (of Welsh descent) won the Oscar for Best Picture.

For action at Festubert in France on 16th May 1915, Frederick Barter, from Cardiff was a recipient of the Victoria Cross. Barter was a Company Sergeant Major in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, during the First World War, when with the eight volunteers, he attacked a German position and captured three German officers, 102 men and 500 yards of trenches, as well as taking 11 enemy mines out of action.

Born this day 1940 in Penmaenmawr, Caernarvonshire

Sir Gareth Gwyn Roberts - physicist who specialised in semiconductors and molecular electronics.

Roberts was senior research scientist with the Xerox Corporation and later, Director of Research and Chief Scientist of Thorn EMI. He was also described as a fervent Welshman, who never forgot his roots and never put on airs and graces.