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@huw-llywelyn-rees
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11th June
11th June
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Born this day 1949 in Ruthin
Tom Pryce , the only Welsh driver to have won a Formula One race.
When Pryce won the Brands Hatch Race of...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
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12th June
12th June
Hafod Eryri – the new visitor’s centre on the summit of Snowdon, was opened this day 2009
At 1,065 m above sea level, it is the highest building in...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
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13th June
13th June
Born this day 1934 in Hengoed, Rhymney Valley
Grenfell "Gren" Jones MBE , who was one of Wales’s best-known and longest-serving newspaper...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
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13th June
13th June
Born this day 1934 in Hengoed, Rhymney Valley
Grenfell "Gren" Jones MBE , who was one of Wales’s best-known and longest-serving newspaper...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
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14th June
14th June
Born this day 1842 in Cwmafan, Glamorgan
William "Mabon" Abraham, trade unionist and Liberal/Labour politician. The monthly miners holiday "...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
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15th June
15th June
On 15th June 1910 the Terra Nova (Scotts's Expedition to the South Pole) sailed from Cardiff
Welsh connections to the British...
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16th June
16th June
Nelson Mandela received the Freedom of the City of Cardiff on this day 1998
His visit to Wales attracted a huge public interest and during a walkabout...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
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17th June
17th June
The Welshman who founded the Ukranian city of Donetsk.
John Hughes was born in Merthyr Tydfil in 1815, where his father was an engineer at...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
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18th June
18th June
On this day 1928 when she arrived in Burry Port, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
Aviator Wilmer...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
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19th June
19th June
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Eleanor de Montfort, wife of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd died in childbirth on this day 1282, giving birth to Gwenllian, their only child. It transpired...
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20th June
20th June
The Kidwelly and Llanelli Canal and Tramroad Company was created on 20th June 1812.
Thomas Kymer, who had started mining coal in the Gwendraeth valley in...
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21st June
21st June
On or about 21st June 1404, Owain Glyndwr held his first Parliament, at Machynlleth and at which he was Crowned Prince of Wales.
This followed a...
