In November 1916, Christopher Williams visited the scene of the Welsh losses at Mametz Wood during World War I and later painted his famous "The Welsh at Mametz Wood" at the request of David Lloyd George.

Today is the feast day of Saint Sadwrn Farchog (the Knight), deemed by some scholars to be St. Giles, the saint who brought Christianity to England

Sadwrn was born c.485 in Brittany and was a brother of Illtud. He relinquished a military career to follow his brother's religious mission in Wales.  He founded the church of Llansadwrn in Carmarthenshire and then lived as a hermit on Anglesey; a church dedicated to him stands on the site of his cell. Sadwrn is buried at All Saints' Church near Northampton.   

Born on this day 1973 in Cardiff,

Ryan Giggs - Wales soccer international.

Giggs first played for Manchester United during the 1990-91 season and made over 1000 competitive appearances. He is the most decorated player in English football history and was the first player to win two consecutive PFA Young Player of the Year awards (1992 and 1993) He also won the PFA Player of the Year award in 2009.

 

 On 29 Nov 1644, a battle took place near Dyfi Bridge, in which Sir Thomas Myddleton of Chirk Castle, commander of the Parliamentary army, was victorious. Many Royalist supporters were killed and their houses in Machynlleth burned down.  

Stradey Park was the home of Llanelli RFC from the first game on Saturday 29 November 1879 when Llanelli played Neath in the Welsh Challenge Cup, until the last ever game on 24 October 2008, an EDF Energy Cup match between the Scarlets and Bristol. A new stadium, Parc y Scarlets, was built on the eastern outskirts of Llanelli, which opened on 15 November 2008. Stradey Park was demolished in 2010, to be replaced with housing.

The ground hosted many memorable games, including Llanelli's defeat of Australia in 1967 and the All Blacks in 1972, as well as being the venue in 1893 of Wales' first ever Triple Crown. A distinctive feature of the ground was the scarlet saucepans placed on each goalpost to represent  Llanelli being a major tin plating centre, as well as to exemplify the traditional club anthem, "Sosban Fach."