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2nd January
2nd January
The Cardiff Blitz, were the World War II bombings of Cardiff, by the Nazi German Luftwaffe, between July 1940 and March 1944. The worst night of bombings...
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3rd January
3rd January
Born on this day 1907 in Neath
Ray Milland - Academy Award-winning actor and director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985 and at one time, he...
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4th January
4th January
Born on this day 1878 in Tenby
Augustus John - the leading British portraitist of his period and a brilliant draftsman.
John worked as a war...
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5th January
5th January
Born on this day 1974 in Farnborough, Hampshire (of Welsh parents from Penygroes, Gwynedd)
Iwan Thomas - one of the world’s elite 400mtr runners,...
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6th January
6th January
Born on this day 1945 in Cefneithin, near Ammanford
Barry John - former Wales and Lions rugby international, who became known as "The King" and is...
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7th January
7th January
Born on this day 1956 in Merthyr Johnny Owen, the fourth of a family of eight children to working class parents Dick and Edith Owens. He began to box...
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8th January
8th January
In January 1823, Reverend William Buckland discovered in Goat's Hole, one of the Paviland Caves on the Gower, one side of a human adult skeleton, stained...
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9th January
9th January
On 9th January 1972, UK miners' went on strike, after wage negotiations between the National Union of Mine workers and the National Coal Board failed to...
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10th January
10th January
Born on this day 1946 in Blaenavon, Monmouthshire
Terry Cobner - former Wales and Lions rugby international and captain. Cobner spent 14 seasons...
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11th January
11th January
William Williams Pantycelyn (Y pêr ganiedydd - The sweet songster), died on 11th January 1717.
Williams who was born in the parish of Llanfair ar y...
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12th January
12th January
On 12th January 1976, the most popular novelist in the world, Dame Agatha Christie died leaving a multi-million pound fortune, much of which is used to...
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13th January
13th January
Born on this day 1887 in the Trawsfynydd area of Meirionydd.
Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans) - Welsh language poet
Hedd Wyn worked on his...
