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7th September
7th September
Born on this day 1920 in Swansea
Harri Webb - Poet, Welsh nationalist, journalist and librarian.
Few poets in recent times have achieved the popularity...
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8th September
8th September
Tân yn Llŷn (Fire in Llŷn) - 8th September 1936.
When the government decided to on establish an RAF bombing school at the historic and cultural site...
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9th September
9th September
On 9th September 1953, Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas handed the barely completed script for the play for voices Under Milk Wood to the BBC before...
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9th September
9th September
On 9th September 1953, Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas handed the barely completed script for the play for voices Under Milk Wood to the BBC before...
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10th September
10th September
William Morgan (1545 – 10 September 1604) was Bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph and the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh from...
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11th September
11th September
The first Women's Institute meeting in Britain was held in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch on 11 September 1915
The WI...
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12th September
12th September
Born on this day 1951 in Kidwelly
Ray Gravell - former Wales and Lions rugby international
Born in Kidwelly, the son of a collier, Gravell moved to...
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13th September
13th September
Born on this day in Llandaff, Cardiff in 1916, Roald Dahl, who was one of the most successful children's writers in the world, with in excess of thirty...
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14th September
14th September
On 14th September, 1171 Rhys ap Gruffydd (The Lord Rhys) the ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth, established a lasting peace with King Henry II of England....
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15th September
15th September
On Saturday 15 September 1984 a memorial stone was unveiled by a Prifardd (chaired or crowned bard) to mark the site in the churchyard at Talley where a...
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16th September
16th September
Owain Glyndwr Day.
September 16th is the anniversary of the proclamation in 1400, of Owain Glyndwr as Prince of Wales and is now celebrated annually as...
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17th September
17th September
On 17th September 1944, the wartime 'blackout' was lifted over much of Wales.
Most Luftwaffe air raids were undertaken at night, thousands of feet above...
