Ron Davies was born on this day 1946 in Machen, Rhymney Valley. 

"Good morning - and it is a very good morning in Wales" 

Ron Davies' victory speech, delivered on 19th September 1997  after Wales had looked ready to reject the idea of its own assembly, with Western Mail, already having its "Wales says No" headline poised for publication and an editorial demanding his departure, before Carmarthenshire delivered a  23,000 majority, to return a Yes vote.  

Ron Davies is a former Labour- Secretary of State for Wales, who describes himself as a politician belonging to the "traditional left" who had "spent his life looking for a socialist progressive party" before joining Plaid Cymru in 2010.  He is remembered by many in as an architect of Welsh devolution. 

Born this day 1934 in Cardiff.  

Billy Boston MBE  -  former Wales and Great Britain rugby league international.  He is a living legend at Wigan Rugby League Club, where he scored a record 478 tries, he had an astonishing turn of speed for a big man and had the ultimate side step and was also able to hand off opponents with apparent ease.   Boston is a member of the Rugby League Hall of Fame and the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame and has a stand named in his honour at the DW Stadium in Wigan.  

On this day 1946, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) was initiated into the Circle of Bards at the National Eisteddfod at Mountain Ash by Archdruid Crwys Williams.

  In August 1202, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (Llywelyn the Great) raised a force to attack Gwenwynwyn ab Owain of Powys, who was at this stage his main rival in Wales.  

Gwenwynwyn ab Owain Cyfeiliog was the grandson of Owain Gwynedd and ruler of Powys Wenwynwyn (southern Powys) from 1195, until his death in 1216.  

Powys had split in 1160, with the northern portion (Maelor) going to Gruffydd Maelor, becoming known eventually as Powys Fadog and the southern portion (Cyfeiliog) going to Owain Cyfeiliog and becoming known, eventually, as Powys Wenwynwyn after Gwenwynwyn ab Owain, his son and its second ruler. 

His possession of Powys brought Genwynwyn into conflict with Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, ruler of Gwynedd, with Gwenwynwyn allying himself with King John of England.  However in 1201, Llywelyn himself concluded a treaty with King John in which he was to swear fealty and do homage to the king in return for cases relating to lands claimed by Llywelyn to be heard under Welsh law.  

In 1205, Llywelyn consolidated his position with King John by marrying John's daughter, Joan and when in 1208 Gwenwynwyn fell out with King John who  arrested him and stripped him of his lands, Llywelyn took advantage by annexing southern Powys and northern Ceredigion and rebuilding Aberystwyth castle.

Then in 1216, Llywelyn held a council at Aberdyfi to adjudicate on the territorial claims of the lesser princes, who affirmed their homage and allegiance to him.  In response, Gwenwynwyn allied himself  again with King John, but Llywelyn called up the other princes for a campaign against him and drove him out of southern Powys.  Gwenwynwyn died in England later that year.   

  Born on this day 1962 in Girvan, Scotland (moved to Llandrindod Wells when she was 3)

Kirsty Wade, double Olympian in 1988 and 1992. She is also the Welsh record holder for all distances from 800 metres to 2000 metres. She describes the "Brilliant runs in the Elan Valley, having such gloriously uninterupted views wherever I looked around" as inspiring her when training, going on todescribe the Elan Valley as "a magical part of Wales and her life"