ocht deag Mean Fomhair, De' Sathairn( 18 September, Saturday), or in Sots Gaelic, ocht-deag an t-Sultain, Di-Sathurna In 1400 the first action of Glyn Dwr's revolt took place with the capture bu the Welsh rebels of the town of Ruthin In 1812 Kirkpatrick MacMillan, the Scottish inventor of the pedal bicycle, was born. In 1905 George MacDonald, Scottish novelist, poet and creator of children's fairy stories, died. Submitted by John Laughland