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@huw-llywelyn-rees
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6th August
6th August
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,...
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7th August
7th August
Henry VII;
His early years and the build up to his landing in Milford Haven 0n 7th August 1485
1422 Henry V died and confusion swept...
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8th August
8th August
Born this day 1961 in Caerphilly and raised in the nearby village of Nelson.
Simon Weston OBE - veteran of the British Army, who suffered severe burn...
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9th August
9th August
King Henry V (Henry of Monmouth)
Henry was born at Monmouth Castle, the son of Henry IV and Mary de Bohun. His date of birth was not officially...
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10th August
10th August
On this day 1952, Dylan Thomas made his first and only TV appearance for the BBC reading his story "The Outing", footage of which has never been...
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11th August
11th August
On 11th August 2008, a re-survey of Mynydd Graig Goch in the Moel Hebog group of Snowdonia summits determined its height to be 2,000ft 6in...
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11th August
11th August
On 11th August 2008, a re-survey of Mynydd Graig Goch in the Moel Hebog group of Snowdonia summits determined its height to be 2,000ft 6in...
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12th August
12th August
'A Gossiping Guide to Wales' by Mr Askew Roberts, was published in "The Spectator" on 12th August 1871.
It was a record of his travels to places in...
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13th August
13th August
On this day 1831 Dic Penderyn was hanged on the gallows in St. Mary's S treet, outside Cardiff gaol. His last words are reported to have been "O Arglwydd,...
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13th August
13th August
On this day 1831 Dic Penderyn was hanged on the gallows in St. Mary's S treet, outside Cardiff gaol. His last words are reported to have been "O Arglwydd,...
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14th August
14th August
The Black Death arrived in Wales in early 1349, probably carried from southern England, and by mid-August it was rife, wiping out approximately 25% of the...
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15th August
15th August
In August 1284, following the deaths of Llywelyn and Dafydd ap Gruffyd, King Edward I of England held court in the Welsh llys (royal court) at...