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1958 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1958 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – Charles (from 26 July)
  • Princess of Wales – vacant
  • Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – William Morris

    • Events

  • 18 January - Nigel Birch resigns as Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
  • 5 February - The Wales national football team qualifies for this summer's World Cup in Sweden under the management of Jimmy Murphy.
  • 6 February - Manchester United F.C., the English league champions where Jimmy Murphy is also assistant manager, are involved in a plane crash in Munich, West Germany, on the journey home from a European Cup tie in Yugoslavia. Seven United players are among the 21 people who die, but among the survivors is Swansea born winger Kenny Morgans.
  • 25 February - The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is launched by Bertrand Russell.
  • 6 May - Murderer Vivian Teed is hanged by Robert Leslie Stewart in Swansea Prison - the last execution to take place in Wales.
  • 19 June - Wales are knocked out of the World Cup in the quarter-finals, losing to Brazil.
  • 26 July - At the Empire Games in Cardiff, the Queen announces that her son, The Prince Charles, is to be created Prince of Wales.
  • 6 August - Daniel Granville West becomes the first Welsh life peer.
  • 18 August - Regional postage stamps of Great Britain are first issued.
  • 24 October - Huw T. Edwards announces his resignation from the chair of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire in protest at the decision to flood the Tryweryn valley.
  • 13 December - New road bridge across the River Conway at Conway supersedes Telford's suspension bridge.
  • Thomas Parry becomes Principal of University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ebbw Vale)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - T. Llew Jones
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Llew Jones
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Edward Cynolwyn Pugh

    • New books

  • Tom Beynon - Howell Harris, Reformer and Soldier
  • Brenda Chamberlain - The Green Heart
  • Aneirin Talfan Davies - Englynion a Chywyddau
  • Islwyn Ffowc Elis - Blas y Cynfyd
  • Paul Ferris - A Changed Man
  • Cyril Fox - Pattern and purpose: a study of early Celtic art in Britain
  • Peter George - Red Alert
  • Emyr Humphreys - A Toy Epic
  • Bobi Jones - Nid yw Dwr yn Plygu
  • D. Gwenallt Jones - Cofiant Idwal Jones
  • T. Llew Jones - Trysor Plas y wernen and Merched y môr a chwedlau eraill
  • Bertrand Russell - Understanding History and Other Essays
  • Ernest Llwyd Williams - Crwydro Sir Benfro
  • Raymond Williams - Culture and Society

    • New drama

  • George Fisher - Y Ferch a'r Dewin
  • John Gwilym Jones - Lle Mynno'r Gwynt
  • Saunders Lewis - Brad

    • Music

  • Daniel Jones - The Country Beyond the Stars (cantata)
  • Ian Parrott - Cor Anglais concerto

    • Film

  • Richard Burton stars in the film version of Look Back in Anger.
  • Ronald Lewis co-stars in The Wind Cannot Read.

    • Broadcasting

  • In order to broadcast the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from Cardiff, a broadcasting centre is set up on the bank of the River Taff, near Cardiff Arms Park.

    • Welsh-language television

  • Commercial TV becomes available in Wales, broadcasting some Welsh-language programmes, such as Amser Te.

    • English-language television

  • Gwlad y Gân / Land of Song, with Ivor Emmanuel and Sian Hopkins

    • Sports

  • British Empire and Commonwealth Games (held in Cardiff):
  • Wales' single gold medal is won by Howard Winstone in the bantamweight boxing competition.
  • Silver medals are won by: John Merriman (6 miles), Malcolm Collins (featherweight boxing), and Robert Higgins (light-heavyweight boxing).
  • Due to being on National Service in the British Army, Swansea fighter Brian Curvis competed in the games for England, winning a bronze medal at welterweight.
  • Football - Wales reaches the quarter-finals of the World Cup, being knocked out by a goal from Pelé.
  • Gymnastics - Margaret Neale of Cardiff is the British Women's Champion for the second year running.
  • BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Howard Winstone

    • Births

  • 4 January - Gary Jones, actor
  • 2 March - Ian Woosnam, golfer
  • 30 April - Claire Curtis-Thomas, politician
  • 17 May - Paul Whitehouse, actor, writer and comedian
  • 3 July - Siân Lloyd, television presenter
  • 18 July - Chris Ruane, politician
  • 19 July - Angharad Tomos, author
  • 3 September (in Totnes) - Tamsin Dunwoody, politician
  • 16 September - Neville Southall, footballer
  • 4 October - Anneka Rice, television presenter
  • 24 November - Robin Llywelyn, novelist
  • date unknown - Caryl Parry Jones, singer

    • Deaths

  • 31 January - Edgar Long, Wales international rugby player
  • 6 February - Charles Langbridge Morgan, novelist and dramatist, 64
  • 11 February - Ernest Jones, psychoanalyst, 79
  • 3 April - John Strand-Jones, Wales international rugby union player
  • 19 April - Billy Meredith, footballer, 83
  • 18 July - Ernie Jenkins, Wales international rugby player, 77
  • 20 July - Margaret Haig Thomas, Viscountess Rhondda, political campaigner and businesswoman, 75
  • 29 August - Harry Beadles, international footballer, 60
  • 25 September - Henry Arthur Evans, politician, 60
  • 9 October - Sven Hansen, ship-owner, 82
  • 30 October - Tommy Vile, Welsh international rugby player, 76
  • 4 November - Dick Jones, Welsh international rugby player, 78
  • 30 November (in Manchester) - Gareth Jones, actor, 33
  • date unknown - Ivor Lewis, Welsh-Canadian artist, 76

    • References

    1958 in Wales Wikipedia
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