Race riots broke out in Newport on 6th June 1919. 

The riots started in the docklands where a majority of Caribbean and some African people worked as sailors, sea merchants and manual labourers.  A black man allegedly accosted a white girl and a soldier intervened knocking the black man to the ground.  Disturbances ensued for two hours and a gang of coloured men were then forced to defended themselves with revolvers, pokers and sticks.  A Chinese laundry, refreshment houses, and lodging houses were wrecked and it was reported by the South Wales Argus that "White mobs wrecked so many properties that the town looked as if it had suffered an air raid. 

The rioting culminated the next day, with thousands involved in an affray that was only quelled by a police baton charge.    There was extensive damage to property, but however, no serious injuries. The riots resulted in 30 arrests of which 27 were black people. 

This was one of several anti-black riots in British ports that spring and was associated with the demobilisation of the armed forces after the first world war into a society suffering from economic crisis.  

Born this day 1943 in Newport

Sir Terry Matthews , Wales' first billionaire and owner of the Celtic Manor Hotel, where he was instrumental in bringing golf's Ryder Cup to in 2010.

Matthews started his working life as an apprentice with the GPO (now British Telecom), before studying engineering at Swansea. Whilst on holiday in Canada he then landed a job and decided to stay. He borrowed £1,800 and started the firm Mitel, which offered the first affordable push-button tone phones. This proved a phenomenal success and he subsequently sold the business to British Telecom. Matthews then founded Newbridge Networks, which he sold to Alcatel of France for close to £5 billion. Interestingly, Wesley Clover, the name of Matthews international investment company, is named after a Wesleyan chapel in the Newport area, where early in life, Mathews had found a four-leaf clover.  

Born this day 1903 in Dunvant

Ceri Richards - Painter and printmaker, who was also a talented musician.  Music is the theme for much of his artwork, which moved towards surrealism after he was influenced by the work of Picasso and Kandinsky. Many of his works are in the Tate collection, in London, The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea and the National Museum Cardiff.   

Born this day 1983 in London (from a Welsh family)

Ella Smith , actress, who has starred in the TV series Sold and Mistresses, she has also appeared in the film's St. Trinian's II; The Legend of Fritton's Gold and Womb.

Born this day 1977  in Dinbych, Denbighshire

Bryn Williams , head chef and sole proprietor of Odette's Restaurant, Primrose Hill, London.  He shot to fame as a sous chef in 2006 by beating established and well-known chefs to cook the fish course for the Queen's 80th birthday celebrations on the television programme Great British Menu.  He is now widely regarded as one of Wales' best chefs and one of Britains' new crop of "celebrity" chefs.

Ann Thomas (the "Maid of Cefn Ydfa")  who died pining for her true love, was  buried on 6th June 1727 in  St Cynwyd's Church, Llangynwyd, near Maesteg. 

Ann was born in 1704, a cousin of philosopher Richard Price.  Her father died in 1706 and she was placed  in the wardship of Anthony Maddocks from Cwmrisga, who decided that Ann would marry his son, also called Anthony, but legend tells us that Ann had previously fallen in love with the poet and thatcher Wil Hopcyn and when discovered were forbidden to see each other.  

 The couple continued sending love letters to each other in secret but were uncovered by Ann's mother, who confiscated her writing materials.  Hopcyn then left the area and Ann married Anthony Maddocks, but she is said to have pined so badly for her lover that she fell seriously ill.  On her death bed, she requested to see Hopcyn for the last time, who arrived in time for Ann to die in his arms.