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1969 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1969 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – Charles
  • Princess of Wales – vacant
  • Secretary of State for Wales – George Thomas
  • Archbishop of Wales – Glyn Simon, Bishop of Llandaff
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
  • E. Gwyndaf Evans (outgoing)
  • Tilsli (incoming)

    • Events

  • 1 April - Registration of births and deaths in the Welsh language is allowed for the first time.
  • 22 May - Engineer Morien Morgan becomes Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, Hampshire, having been knighted in the New Year Honours.
  • 1 June - The South Wales Constabulary is created by merging the police forces of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil.
  • 11 June - The Prince of Wales' new standard is flown for the first time.
  • 20 June - Llandudno Cable Car opened, the longest gondola lift system in the UK.
  • 30 June - Two members of the Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (Movement for the Defence of Wales) are killed whilst placing a bomb outside government offices in Abergele in an attempt to disrupt the following day's events.
  • 1 July
  • The Prince of Wales, is invested with his title at Caernarfon Castle.
  • Six members of the Free Wales Army are convicted in Swansea of public order and firearms offences; three are imprisoned.
  • 3 July - Swansea is granted city status.
  • 25 July - The Development of Tourism Act 1969 paves the way for creation of the Wales Tourist Board.
  • 22 August - Closure of Dinorwic slate quarry.
  • November - Clashes between police and anti-apartheid protesters occur when the touring South African rugby team play Swansea. A silent protest takes place at an Ebbw Vale match.

    • Arts and literature

  • Dafydd Iwan co-founds Sain Recordiau Cyf, which would become the major Welsh-language record label.

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Flint)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - James Nicholas
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Dafydd Rowlands
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Emyr Jones

    • New books

  • Glyn Mills Ashton - Angau yn y Crochan
  • Pennar Davies - Meibion Darogan
  • Rhys Davies - Print of a Hare's Foot
  • T. Glynne Davies - Hedydd yn yr Haul
  • R. F. Delderfield - Come Home, Charlie, and Face Them
  • Raymond Garlick - A Sense of Europe
  • D. Gwenallt Jones - Y Coed
  • Glyn Jones - The Dragon Has Two Tongues
  • T. J. Morgan - Dydd y Farn Ac Ysgrifau Eraill
  • Dennis Selby - Sanctity: or There's No Such Thing as a Naked Sailor
  • John Griffith Williams - Pigau'r Sêr

    • Drama

  • Urien Wiliam - Cawl Cennin

    • Poetry

  • John Fitzgerald - Cadwyn Cenedl
  • Gwilym R. Jones - Cerddi
  • John Ormond - Requiem and Celebration
  • Penguin Book of Welsh Verse

    • Albums

  • Amen Corner - Explosive Company (album)
  • Blonde on Blonde - Contrasts (album)
  • Man - 2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle

    • Singles

  • Huw Jones - Dŵr ("Water") (protest song)

    • Classical music

  • Jeffrey Lewis - Mutations I
  • Mansel Thomas - Mini-Variations on a Welsh Theme
  • David Wynne - Cymric Rhapsody no. 2

    • English-language films

  • Richard Burton stars in Anne of the Thousand Days.
  • Hywel Bennett stars in The Virgin Soldiers.

    • Broadcasting

  • Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) publishes a pamphlet entitled Broadcasting in Wales: To Enrich or Destroy Our National Life?

    • English-language television

  • Philip Madoc has roles in Manhunt!, The Avengers, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Champions and The Detective, among others.

    • Welsh-language television

  • Miri Mawr (children's)

    • Sport

  • BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Tony Lewis
  • Cricket - Glamorgan win the County Championship.
  • Rugby union - Wales win the Five Nations Championship and take the Triple Crown.
  • football - Cardiff City win the Welsh Cup.

    • Births

  • 6 January - Nicholas A'Hern, race walker
  • 20 January - Nicky Wire, musician
  • 5 February - Michael Sheen, actor
  • 13 February - Gareth Abraham, footballer
  • 21 February - James Dean Bradfield, musician
  • 24 February - Gareth Llewellyn, rugby player
  • 1 March - Dafydd Ieuan, musician
  • 11 April - Cerys Matthews, singer
  • 4 June - Julie Gardner, television producer
  • 26 July - Tanni Grey-Thompson, born Carys Grey, wheelchair athlete
  • 4 August - Tony Roberts, footballer
  • 4 September - Sasha, DJ and record producer
  • 8 September - Gary Speed, footballer and national manager (suicide 2011)
  • 25 September - Catherine Zeta-Jones, actress
  • 8 October - David Abruzzese, footballer
  • 23 October - Chris Fry, footballer
  • 6 December - Anthony Davies, snooker player
  • date unknown - Dyfed Wyn-Evans, operatic baritone

    • Deaths

  • 20 January - Roy Evans, footballer, 25 (car crash)
  • 14 February - Ernest Roberts, politician, 78
  • 10 March - Jimmy Wilde, boxer, 76
  • 27 March - David Lloyd, tenor, 56
  • 31 March - Percy Jones, Wales international rugby player, 82
  • 5 April - Mal Griffiths, footballer, 50
  • 15 April - Cowboy Morgan Evans, Texan rodeo rider of Welsh descent, 66
  • 4 May - Albert Stock, Wales international rugby player, 72
  • 21 May - Ben Beynon, Welsh rugby union international and Swansea Town player, 75
  • 28 May - Rhys Williams, actor, 71
  • 7 July - William David Davies, theologian, 72
  • 19 August - Percy Thomas, architect, 85
  • 1 October - Dai Richards, footballer, 62
  • 18 October - Emrys Hughes, politician, 75
  • 21 November - D. B. Wyndham-Lewis, author, 78
  • 7 December
  • Bill Roberts, Wales international rugby union player, 60
  • (in London) Hugh Williams, dramatist, 65
  • 20 December - Eleanor Evans, singer, 76

    • References

    1969 in Wales Wikipedia
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