On this day 1906, an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Swansea, wreaking damage and bringing panic to the streets.

The picture shows Bwa Maen (The Stone Bow), the extreme folding of rock along the Dinas Fault. A fault line running from Hereford to Swansea - the cause of the Swansea earthquake of 1906. This remains one of the UK's largest ever tremors and was felt over much of south Wales. Contemporary reports tell of falling bricks and chimney pots, children being evacuated from school, Mumbles lighthouse wobbling on its foundations and Llanelli's Town Hall clock stopping.

There were very few injuries, however, with only one man and a three-year-old boy requiring hospital treatment after being hit by bricks and a girl working in Cwmavon being badly injured when tin plates toppled on top of her.

Born this day 1906 in Maesteg. 

Vernon Watkins  poet, translator and painter, he read fluently by the age of four, and at five announced that he would be a poet.

He wrote poetry and read widely from eight or nine years of age and was especially fond of the works of Keats and Shelly. Watkins spent most of his working life as a bank clerk and was only interested only in having enough time to work on poetry.  He was a close friend of Dylan Thomas who described him as "the most profound and greatly accomplished Welshman writing poems in English" and he was the only person from whom Thomas took advice on writing poetry.  He along with Dylan Thomas were members of the Swansea group known as the "Kardomah boys".  He was godfather to Dylan's son Llewelyn and wrote Dylan Thomas's obituary.

Wales toured South Africa in 1998 under caretaker coach Denis John , with an inexperienced side and got the hiding of all hidings at Loftus Versfeld on 27th June, with the Boks running riot and winning the game 96-13. It was Wales's biggest ever defeat, the 15 tries Wales conceded was another record as was the 83-point losing margin. 

WALES: 15. Byron Hayward (Darril Williams) 14. Dafydd James 13. Mark Taylor 12. John Funnell (Stephen Jones ) 11. Garen Evans 10. Arwel Thomas 9. Paul John (David Llewellyn) 1. Mike Griffiths 2. Barry Williams (Garin Jenkins) 3. John Davies (Darren Morris) 4. Ian Gough 5. Andy Moore 6. Nathan Thomas 7. Colin Charvis (Geraint Lewis) 8. Kingsley Jones, captain (Chris Wyatt).

Born this day 1985 in Port Talbot

James Hook  - Wales international rugby union player who currently plays for the French club Perpignan.

Hook's strengths as a player include good distribution skills, his tactical and spacial awareness and reliable goal kicking. His instinct is to play an attacking running style of rugby and his versatility in being able to play in many positions is an asset to any team he plays for, however this versatility has also meant that he has not been able to nail down a secure playing position and many believe that this was a major consideration in his decision to move to France., Hook is Wales third highest all-time points scorer behind Neil Jenkins and Stephen Jones.

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Y Mabinogi (and the English version Otherworld) ,  is mainly an animated film, but also containing live action sequences, which is based on  The Mabinogion.  It was released on 27th June 2003, starring Matthew Rhys, Daniel Evans and Jenny Livsey.

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