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2011 Event - Archeologists working off the coast of Panama recover six cannons from ships owned by Welsh privateer Henry Morgan

2001 Death - Harry Secombe, Welsh Actor

1995 Death - Dave Bowen, born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, Welsh football player, manager, captain, led country to win 1958 World Cup finals, dies at 67

1995 Death - Tristan Jones, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, dies at 71

1995 Death - Philip H Burton, Welsh producer/Richard Burton's teacher, dies at 80

1993 Death - Daniel Jones, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968

1993 Death - Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52

1988 Death - Raymond Williams, Welsh Novelist

1986 Death - Tommy Farr, Welsh Athlete

1985 Death - Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, dies by accident

1981 Birthday - Robert Earnshaw, born in Mufulira, Zambia, Welsh international soccer player, striker, plays for Nottingham Forest

1976 Birthday - Matt Welsh, born in Melbourne, Australia, professional swimmer, backstroke and butterfly gold medalist at the World Championships in Shanghai, 2006

1974 Birthday - Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

1973 Birthday - Ryan Giggs, Welsh Athlete

1969 Birthday - Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress

1969 Death - Allan Welsh Dulles, U.S. diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75

1965 Birthday - Bryn Terfel, Welsh Musician

1961 Birthday - Ian Rush, born in St. Asaph, Wales, soccer player, footballer, striker, played with Liverpool FC, Welsh national football team

1961 Birthday - Irvine Welsh, Scottish Novelist

1958 Birthday - Ian Woosnam, born in Oswestry, England, nicknamed 'Woosie', 'Wee Welshman', 'Woosers', Welsh, professional golfer, played first European Tour, 1979, won Swiss Open, 1982, number one in Official World Golf Rankings in 1991, awarded O.B.E. 2007 New Years Honors List

1957 Birthday - Julian Cope, Welsh pop musician, Eve's Volcano

1948 Birthday - Y. Y. Williams, Welsh rugby player

1947 Death - Arthur Machen, Welsh Author, dies

1947 Birthday - Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor, Evita, Brazil, Praying Mantis

1946 Birthday - Ron Davies, Welsh Politician

1945 Birthday - Barry John, Welsh international rugby player

1941 Birthday - Austin Savage, Welsh hockey player

1940 Birthday - Lord Davies, chairman, Welsh National Opera

1939 Birthday - Robert Tear, born in Barry, Wales, tenor, Welsh National Opera 1970

1933 Birthday - Michael Heseltine, Welsh/British minister of Defense, 1986, MP

1929 Birthday - Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles

1928 Birthday - Geraint Gruffydd, director, University of Wales Centre for Welsh Studies

1928 Birthday - Dave Bowen, born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, Welsh football player, manager, captain, led country to win 1958 World Cup finals

1921 Birthday - Raymond Williams, Welsh Novelist

1921 Birthday - Andrew Welsh Imbrie, composer

1918 Birthday - Maldwyn Thomas, president, Welsh Liberal Party

1914 Birthday - Tommy Farr, Welsh Athlete

1912 Birthday - Daniel Jones, born in Pembroke, Wales, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968

1906 Birthday - Vernon P. Watkins, Welsh poet, Ballad of Mari Lwyd

1905 Birthday - Emlyn Williams, Welsh Dramatist

1904 Birthday - Philip H Burton, Welsh director/acting teacher, Richard Burton

1904 Death - Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer

1884 Event - Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces

1881 Birthday - William John Gruffydd, Welsh poet/scholar, Ynys yr Hud

1865 Birthday - Arthur Symons, Welsh poet, critic and co-founder Savoy

1863 Death - Thomas Welsh, U.S. Union Brigadier-General (Antietam), dies at 39

1863 Birthday - Arthur Machen, Welsh Author

1841 Birthday - Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer

1802 Death - Francis Lewis, Welsh / U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 89

1714 Birthday - Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter

1696 Event - English / Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Assn

1688 Death - Henry Morgan, Welsh lieutenant governor of Jamaica

1415 Event - Battle of Agincourt, Welsh longbow defeat armored knight













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