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2001 Harry Secombe, Welsh Actor
1995 Dave Bowen, born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, Welsh football player, manager, captain, led country to win 1958 World Cup finals, dies at 67 1995 Tristan Jones, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, dies at 71 1995 Philip H Burton, Welsh producer/Richard Burton's teacher, dies at 80 1993 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 Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52 1988 Raymond Williams, Welsh Novelist 1986 Tommy Farr, Welsh Athlete 1986 Charlotte Church, Welsh Musician 1985 Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, dies by accident 1976 Matt Welsh, Australian Athlete 1974 Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician 1973 Ryan Giggs, Welsh Athlete 1969 Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh Actress 1969 Allan Welsh Dulles, U.S. diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75 1965 Bryn Terfel, Welsh Musician 1961 Ian Rush, born in St. Asaph, Wales, soccer player, footballer, striker, played with Liverpool FC, Welsh national football team 1961 Irvine Welsh, Scottish Novelist 1958 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 Julian Cope, Welsh pop musician, Eve's Volcano 1957 Gwyn Evans, Welsh rugby player 1951 I R Evans, CEO, Hyder, Welsh Water 1948 Y. Y. Williams, Welsh rugby player 1947 Arthur Machen, Welsh Author, dies 1947 Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor, Evita, Brazil, Praying Mantis 1946 Ron Davies, Welsh Politician 1945 Barry John, Welsh international rugby player 1942 John Cale, Welsh/US bassist/altviolist/singer, Velvet Underground 1941 Austin Savage, Welsh hockey player 1940 Lord Davies, chairman, Welsh National Opera 1939 Robert Tear, born in Barry, Wales, tenor, Welsh National Opera 1970 1933 Michael Heseltine, Welsh/British minister of Defense, 1986, MP 1929 Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles 1928 Geraint Gruffydd, director, University of Wales Centre for Welsh Studies 1928 Dave Bowen, born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, Welsh football player, manager, captain, led country to win 1958 World Cup finals 1921 Raymond Williams, Welsh Novelist 1921 Andrew Welsh Imbrie, composer 1918 Maldwyn Thomas, president, Welsh Liberal Party 1914 Tommy Farr, Welsh Athlete 1912 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 Vernon P. Watkins, Welsh poet, Ballad of Mari Lwyd 1905 Emlyn Williams, Welsh Dramatist 1904 Philip H Burton, Welsh director/acting teacher, Richard Burton 1904 Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer 1884 Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces 1881 William John Gruffydd, Welsh poet/scholar, Ynys yr Hud 1865 Arthur Symons, Welsh poet, critic and co-founder Savoy 1863 Thomas Welsh, U.S. Union Brigadier-General (Antietam), dies at 39 1863 Arthur Machen, Welsh Author 1841 Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer 1802 Francis Lewis, Welsh / U.S. merchant and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 89 1714 Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter 1696 English / Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Assn 1688 Henry Morgan, Welsh lieutenant governor of Jamaica 1415 Battle of Agincourt, Welsh longbow defeat armored knight |
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