15 October – Cardiff Marathon 2006 29 October – A record 1,500 runners takes part in the 25th National Trust Snowdonia Marathon. The winner for the fifth time is Dennis Walmsley. 2 November – Golf: The team of Rhys Davies, Nigel Edwards and Llewellyn Matthews takes Wales to fourth place at the World Amateur Team Championships in Stelle. 4 November – Rugby union: Wales draw with Australia in the first Autumn International Test Match of 2006. 18 to 19 November – Cycling: International Sprint Omnium takes place at the Wales National Velodrome in Newport. BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Joe Calzaghe Births 28 December - Ana Gwen, daughter of Catrin Finch and Hywel Wigley Deaths 5 January - Merlyn Rees, Labour politician, 85 9 January - Selwyn Hughes, minister and writer, 85 15 January - Glyn Berry, Welsh-born Canadian diplomat, 59 23 January - Charles Fisher, journalist, writer, poet and adventurer, 91 5 February - Peter Philp, dramatist and antiques expert, 85 9 February - Aubrey Darmody, footballer, 84 21 February - Stefan Terlezki, politician, 78 13 March - Roy Clarke, footballer, 80 18 March - Glyn Davidge, Wales international and British Lion rugby player, 72 6 April - Leslie Norris, poet and author, 84 19 April - Ken Jones, rugby player, 84 25 April - Peter Law, politician, 58 23 May - Ray Cale, dual code international rugby player, 83 29 May - Wyn Griffiths, footballer, 86 1 June - Gerald James, actor, 88 2 June - Leon Pownall, Wrexham-born actor, 63 25 June - Kenneth Griffith, actor and documentary maker, 84 23 July - John Samuel Rowlands, George Cross recipient, 90 25 July - Dewi Zephaniah Phillips, philosopher, 71 30 August - Glenn Ford, Canadian actor of Welsh parentage, 90 1 September - Sir Kyffin Williams, artist, 88 27 September - Tommy Harris, former rugby player, 79 21 October - Urien Wiliam, novelist and dramatist, 76 2 November - Leslie Manfield, Wales international rugby union player, 91 18 November - Keith Rowlands, rugby union player and administrator, 70 20 November - Dr William R. P. George, solicitor and poet, 94 5 December - Gerry Humphreys, sound engineer, 75 12 December - Ivor Barry, actor, 87 See also 2006 in Northern Ireland References