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1965 in Wales

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Centuries:
  
18th 19th 20th 21st

Decades:
  
1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1965 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – Charles
  • Princess of Wales – vacant
  • Secretary of State for Wales – Jim Griffiths
  • Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Cynan

    • Events

  • May - Opening of Llandegfedd Reservoir by Newport Corporation.
  • 17 May - Thirty-one miners are killed in a mining accident at the Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, Rhondda.
  • 24 May - The first drive-on car ferry service between Fishguard and Rosslare Harbour (Ireland) officially opens.
  • 15 June - The Hughes-Parry Committee submits its report on the legal status of the Welsh language.
  • 21 October - Official opening of Llyn Celyn reservoir.
  • 12 December - The Beatles' last live U.K. tour concludes with two performances at the Capitol, Cardiff.
  • 17 December - A landslide on the main railway line at Bridgend kills a train driver and co-driver.
  • Foundation of Undeb y Cymraeg Byw ("Union of Living Welsh").

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Newtown, Montgomeryshire)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - William David Williams
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Tom Parri Jones
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Eigra Lewis Roberts

    • New books

  • Peter Bryan George - Commander-1
  • Gwilym Meredydd Jones - Dawns yr Ysgubau
  • Julian Mitchell - The White Father

    • Music

  • Tom Jones releases the film theme, "What's New, Pussycat?" as a single.

    • Film

  • Richard Burton stars in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.
  • Glynis Johns stars in Mary Poppins.
  • Tryweryn, the Story of a Valley (film made by Friars School, Bangor).

    • Theatre

  • 26 March - Harold Pinter's play The Homecoming has its world première at the New Theatre, Cardiff.

    • Broadcasting

  • BBC2 is received in South Wales for the first time.
  • Arwel Hughes becomes Head of Music at BBC Wales.

    • English-language television

  • As I See It, presented by Gwyn Thomas

    • Sport

  • Rugby union - Wales win the Triple Crown for the first time in 13 years.
  • BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Clive Rowlands

    • Births

  • 5 January - Vinnie Jones, footballer
  • 2 March (in Bangor, County Down) - Lembit Öpik, politician
  • 6 March - Allan Bateman, rugby player
  • 1 April - Alexandra Shân "Tiggy" Legge-Bourke, royal nanny
  • 9 April - Colin Pascoe, footballer
  • 3 May - Rob Brydon, comedian and actor
  • 8 May - Andy Dibble, footballer
  • 11 May - Jeremy Goss, footballer
  • 25 August - David Taylor, soccer player and manager
  • 13 September - Andrew Williams, cricketer
  • 16 October - Floyd Havard, British super-featherweight boxing champion
  • 30 October - Michael Tremellen, cricketer
  • 9 November - Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone singer
  • date unknown - Patrick Jones, poet and author

    • Deaths

  • 29 January - T. Harri Jones, poet and academic, 43
  • 4 February - Llywelyn Williams, politician, 53
  • 5 February - Sir David Brunt, meteorologist, 78
  • 22 April - Glyn Stephens, Wales international rugby union captain, 73
  • 3 May - Howard Spring, novelist, 76
  • 29 May - Steve Morris, Wales international rugby player, 68
  • 16 June - Dai Parker, Wales and British Lion rugby player, 60
  • 17 July (in Scarborough) - Dan Lewis, footballer
  • 1 October - Gareth Hughes, actor, 71
  • 9 October - Russell Taylor, Wales international rugby player, 50
  • 22 October - William Williams, Victoria Cross recipient, 75
  • 31 October - John Roberts, Wales international rugby player, 59
  • 4 November - Ifor Williams, academic, 84
  • 8 November - George Henry Hall, politician, 83
  • 23 November - Murray Humphreys, Chicago mobster of Welsh descent, 66
  • 26 December - Llewellyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies, Victoria Cross recipient, 87
  • 29 December - Claude Warner, cricketer, 83

    • References

    1965 in Wales Wikipedia
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