1913: The Earl of Plymouth ceremonially opened the first two houses on the new Rhiwbina development. A Housing Reform Company had been set up in 1911 to plan and develop a Garden Suburb, following the principles established by pioneer planner Ebenezer Howard at Letchworth and Welwyn in Hertfordshire. The grassed open space in Y Groes was named the Village Green. Tea Gardens established at Rhiwbina in 1916 quickly became a popular rendezvous in summer. Tessa O’Shea later made her first stage appearance there. (Stewart Williams, Cardiff Yesterday)
1984: An earthquake measured at 5.4 on the Richter Scale centred on the Llyn Peninsula in North Wales was felt in Cardiff. It was the strongest onshore quake to occur in Britain since accurate records began. Landslides were triggered at Tremadog and houses in Liverpool were damaged. In Cardiff the effects were less severe but several people were wakened by the tremors. Several aftershocks – the strongest reaching 4.3 on the Richter scale – followed. (Wikipedia)