1996 4th Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 17-11 at St. Pierre Wales
1993 New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield
1993 44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal
1992 43rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 10-6 at Phila
1991 42nd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 11-5 at Chicago
1990 Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes and 58.44 seconds backwards!
1990 41st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh
1989 Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 mins in Nepal at 21,030 feet
1989 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton
1988 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St. Louis
1986 38th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 (OT) at Hartford
1985 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary
1984 Henry Charles Albert David, Prince of Wales, 3rd in British succession
1984 36th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-6 at NJ
1983 35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at New York Islander
1982 William of Wales, son of Prince Chuck and Lady Di
1982 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington
1981 33rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at LA
1980 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit
1979 Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration
1978 31st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 3-2 (OT) at Buffalo
1977 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver
1976 29th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Phila
1975 28th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-1 at Montreal
1974 Monmouthshire renamed Gwent and becomes part of Wales
1974 Christian Bale, Wales, actor, Empire of the Sun, Little Women
1969 Catherine Zeta Jones, Swansea Wales, actress, Christopher Columbus
1969 Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales
1967 Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1966 144 die as a coal waste landslide engulfed a school in Aberfan S Wales
1966 Jimmy Wales, American Businessman
1965 Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
1965 Karen Davies, Wrexham N Wales, golfer, 1991 PING-Cellular One-6th
1964 Annabel Schofield, Llanelli, Wales, actress, Laurel Ellis-Dallas
1964 Helen Wadsworth, born in Wales, golfer, Curtis Cup 1990
1961 Diana Frances Spencer, Sandringham England, Princess of Wales, -97
1961 William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales
1958 Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland and Wales)
1957 Karl Wallingher, Prestatyn Wales, rocker, World Party
1951 Trevor Eve, Wales, actor, Shadow Chasers
1951 Geraint Wyn Davies, born in Wales, actor, Bury Me in Niagara, High Hopes
1950 Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer, Those Were the Days
1949 Andrew Scott, Wales, rock guitarist, Sweet
1949 Mike Gibbons, born in Swansea, Wales, rock drummer, Badfinger
1949 Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist, Ten Years After-I'm Going Home
1948 Charles PAG, prince of Wales/duke of Cornwall
1948 Peter Wingfield, Wales, rocker/actor, Methos-Highlander
1948 Shakin' Stevens, [Mike Barrett], Wales, rocker, You Drive Me Crazy
1947 Jonathan Pryce, North Wales, stage actor, Miss Saigon
1947 Pete Ham, born in Swansea, Wales, rock vocalist, Badfinger-Come and Get It
1946 Timothy Dalton, born in North Wales, actor, James Bond-Living Daylights
1944 Dave Edmunds, born in Wales, singer/guitarist, Rockpile-Baby I Love You
1944 Hywel Bennett, born in South Wales, actor, Family Way, Shelley
1942 David Hunt, Wales sec of state
1942 Neil Kinnock, Wales, leader, Labour Party
1942 Terry Jones, Colwyn Bay North Wales, comedian, Monty Python
1941 British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore
1941 Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to US
1941 Margaret Price, Tredegar Wales, soprano, Pamlina-Die Zauberflote
1940 John Cale, born in Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Velvet Underground
1940 Tom Jones, born in Pontypridd, Wales, singer, What's New Pussycat
1939 Spencer Davis, born in Wales, vocalist, Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin
1939 Robert Tear, born in Barry, Wales, tenor, Welsh National Opera 1970
1937 Anthony Hopkins, born in Wales, actor, Elephant Man, QB VII, Magic, Bounty
1937 Shirley Bassey, Cardiff Wales, singer, Goldfinger, Moonraker
1936 Gwyneth Jones, Pontnewyndd Wales, soprano, Die Walkure
1933 Keith Baxter, born in South Wales, actor, Barretts at Wimpole Street
1933 John A. Llewellyn, born in Cardiff, Wales, astronaut
1929 Alun Hoddinott, born in Bargoed, Wales, composer, Floriture
1928 Geraint Gruffydd, director, University of Wales Centre for Welsh Studies
1927 Rachel Roberts, born in Llanelly, Wales, actress, Foul Play, Doctor's Wife
1927 Stanley Baker, Ferndale Wales, actor, Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu
1926 Peggy Cummins, North Wales, actress, Curse of the Demon
1925 Alun Owen, North Wales, writer, Hard Days Night, /actor, Servant
1925 Richard Burton, born in South Wales, actor, Cleopatra, Virginia Woolf
1921 Harry Secombe, Swansea, Wales, actor, Down Among the "Z" Men
1920 Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer, Whip Hand, High Stakes
1920 Church disforms in Wales
1916 Roden Cutler, Governor, New South Wales
1915 David Jenklins, librarian, National Library of Wales
1914 Dylan Thomas, Swansea Wales, poet, Child's Christmas in Wales
1913 Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales
1912 Hugh Griffith, Wales, actor, Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!
1909 Alec Templeton, Cardiff Wales, pianist/composer, Concertino Lirico
1906 Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist, How Green Was My Valley
1906 Roger Livesey, born in Barry, Wales, actor, Drums, Life and Death of Col Blimp
1905 George Emlyn Williams, Wales, actor and playwright, David Copperfield
1905 Ray Milland, born in Neath, Wales, actor, Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945
1901 Naunton Wayne, Wales, actor, Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession
1900 Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails
1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
1897 Rhys Williams, Wales, actor, Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart
1894 Gareth Hughes, Llanelly Wales, actor, Midnight Girl
1893 Ivor Novello, born in Cardiff, Wales, actor, Lodger, Phantom Fiend
1890 Prince of Wales opens 1st underground (Station Stockwell, London)
1883 E E Clive, Monmouthshire Wales, actor, Night Must Fall, Dark Hour
1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England
1875 T F Powys, Wales, writer, Captain Patch, Goat Green
1875 Edmund Gwenn, Wales, actor, Miracle on 34th Street
1872 World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales
1871 William Henry Davies, Wales, poet, Autobiography of a Super Tramp
1867 Frank Brangwyn, Wales, painter/muralist/cartoonist, Willam Morris
1863 Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia
1860 1st British royalty to visit U.S., Prince of Wales (King Edward VII)
1839 Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet, Bell Birds
1804 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales
1788 Capt Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales
1778 Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits
1771 Augusta von Saxen-Gotha, German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies
1770 Capt Cook arrives in New South Wales
1751 Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies
1738 Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales
1737 Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court
1707 England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain
1649 Prince of Wales becomes king Charles II
1503 Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)
1376 "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46
1330 Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales, 1343-1376
1301 Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes 1st prince of Wales
1282 Llywelyn ab Gruffydd, monarch of North Wales (1246-77), dies
1240 Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies
1240 Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies
40 Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general; conquered Wales, No England
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