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@huw-llywelyn-rees
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16th August
16th August
The king of rock and roll, Elvis Presley died on 16th August 1977 and he may well have been of Welsh descent.
* The name Presley is related to Preseli -...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
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17th August
17th August
The Radcliffe Line was announced on 17 August 1947 as a boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan.
The Indian Independence Act 1947,...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
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18th August
18th August
Born on this day 1961 in Bridgend and brought up in Llangennech, near Llanelli.
Huw Edwards - BAFTA award winning journalist, presenter and newsreader....
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19th August
19th August
On Sunday August 19th, 1274, Edward I of England was crowned at Westminster Abbey. It marked the beginning of a traumatic period in Welsh history....
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20th August
20th August
In August 1881, The Sunday Closing (Wales) Act prohibited the sale of alcohol on a Sunday in Wales.
This was the first Act of Parliament in the United...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
• 8 years ago
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20th August
20th August
In August 1881, The Sunday Closing (Wales) Act prohibited the sale of alcohol on a Sunday in Wales.
This was the first Act of Parliament in the United...
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21st August
21st August
The Taff Vale Railway strike occurred in August 1900.
The Taff Vale railway workers moved a quarter of the eighteen million tons of coal dug out...
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22nd August
22nd August
On 22nd August 1485, Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at The Battle of Bosworth in Leicestershire.
The death of Richard marked the beginning of the Tudor...
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23rd August
23rd August
On 23rd August 1911, rioting in Bargoed resulted in Mr. Barnett, a Jewish jeweller, whose shop had been plundered, appearing at the door with a revolver...
@huw-llywelyn-rees
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23rd August
23rd August
On 23rd August 1911, rioting in Bargoed resulted in Mr. Barnett, a Jewish jeweller, whose shop had been plundered, appearing at the door with a revolver...
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24th August
24th August
An industrial accident that occured on 24th August 1943, led to the foundation of Tenovus, Wales' leading cancer charity.
Little is known about the ten...
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25th August
25th August
Privateer Henry Morgan (Harri Morgan) died on this day 1688 in Jamaica.
Sir Henry Morgan (1635-1688) who is remembered as the greatest of all privateers,...
