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Happy Birthday to you Geo, I hope you have a truly splendid day.

1953 Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet, died in New York, aged 39. His heavy drinking and wild living contributed to his early demise. He had a long affinity with Laugharne, (Carmarthenshire) spending the last four years of his life in the Boathouse. He is buried in the over-spill graveyard of St. Martin's Church, Laugharne and his grave is marked with a white cross. His wife, Caitlin, is buried in the same grave and her name appears on the reverse side of the cross.

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1961 Brian Epstein went to a lunchtime session at The Cavern in Liverpool to see for himself why his record shop was receiving so many requests for records by a group that had apparently made none. He later became their manager.