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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...
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18th September
18th September
The politically and historically significant Welsh Church Act 1914 became effective from 18th September 1914.
It saw the disestablishment of the Church...
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18th September
18th September
The politically and historically significant Welsh Church Act 1914 became effective from 18th September 1914.
It saw the disestablishment of the Church...
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19th September
19th September
At the Battle of Poitiers on 19th September 1356, Welsh archers changed tactics to secure a decisive victory.
The Battle of Poitiers was a...
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20th September
20th September
On 20th September 1891, Buffalo Bill Coady and his Wild West Show performed at Cardiff, which was to be the first of many further visits to Wales....
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21st September
21st September
On 21st September, 2002 stonemason Ray Collins commenced work on a commemorative garden in recognition of the Australian emigrants who arrived on...
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22nd September
22nd September
In the early 18th century, Wales was the centre of an educational movement that was taking the world - by storm.
On 22nd September 1731, Griffith Jones...
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23rd September
23rd September
Augustus - the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor was born on this day 63 BC.
Roman interaction with Celtic Wales, during...
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24th September
24th September
William Frost, from Saundersfoot, arguably the true inventor of the flying machine, flew the "Frost Airship Glider" for the first and only time on 24...
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25th September
25th September
Born this day 1969 in Swansea
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine whose parents, Dai and Pat Jones, owned a sweet shop, showed an early interest in...
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26th September
26th September
Prominent Welsh Jacobite, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (1692 – 26 September 1749) and Welsh involvement in the "The Jacobite rising of 1745",...
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27th September
27th September
Born on this day 1945 in Glynneath
Maxwell "Max" Boyce, a singer and entertainer who rose to fame during the mid-1970s with an act that combined musical...
