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1984 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1984 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – Charles
  • Princess of Wales – Diana
  • Secretary of State for Wales – Nicholas Edwards
  • Archbishop of Wales – Derrick Childs, Bishop of Monmouth
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
  • Jâms Nicholas (outgoing)
  • Elerydd (incoming)

    • Events

  • 2 March - Carmarthen MP Dr Roger Thomas announces his resignation, having been prosecuted for importuning.
  • 12 March - The miners' strike begins, with a solid turn out from all NUM mines in Wales.
  • 3 May - At the Cynon Valley by-election brought about by the death of MP Ioan Lyonel Evans, Ann Clwyd retains the seat for Labour with an increased majority.
  • 19 July - The Lleyn Peninsula earthquake, which strikes the Llŷn Peninsula at 06:56 UTC (07:56 BST), measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, is the largest known onshore earthquake to occur in the UK since instrumental measurements began.
  • October - Dafydd Wigley resigns as leader of Plaid Cymru for domestic reasons.
  • 30 November - Taxi driver David Wilkie is killed when a concrete block is dropped onto his car as he drives a strikebreaker to work on the M4 motorway. Dean Hancock and Russell Shankland of Rhymney are later convicted of murder.
  • 3 December - First McDonald's hamburger fast food restaurant in Wales opens in Cardiff.
  • Sam Edwards becomes Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge.
  • Clive Sinclair's C5 electric vehicle is manufactured at the Hoover works in Merthyr Tydfil.
  • Creation of Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments Executive Agency.

    • Awards

  • Griff Rhys Jones wins the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Comedy Performance for his role in Charley's Aunt.
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Lampeter)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Aled Rhys Wiliam
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - John Roderick Rees
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - John Idris Owen
  • Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Richard Cyril Hughes, Castell Cyfaddawd

    • New books

  • Duncan Bush - Aquarium
  • Donald Evans - Machlud Canrif
  • Gwynn ap Gwilym - Gwales
  • Emyr Humphreys - The Taliesin Tradition
  • Sian James - Dragons and Roses
  • Geraint H. Jenkins - Hanes Cymru yn y Cyfnod Modern Cynnar: 1530-1760
  • Mike Jenkins - Empire of a Smoke
  • Alun Jones - Oed Rhyw Addewid
  • Robert Minhinnick - Life Sentences
  • Leslie Thomas - In My Wildest Dreams
  • Gerwyn Williams - Colli cyswllt

    • Music

  • Ar Log IV
  • The Alarm - Declaration (debut studio album)
  • Icons of Filth - Onward Christian Soldiers
  • Shakin' Stevens records “Teardrops” with Hank Marvin on guitar.
  • Phil Campbell joins Motörhead.
  • First Brecon Jazz Festival staged.

    • Film

  • Ray Milland makes his last film appearance in The Sea Serpent.
  • Sian Phillips stars in Dune.
  • Kevin Allen makes his big screen debut in The Man Who Shot Christmas.

    • Welsh-language films

  • None

    • Broadcasting

  • Gareth Gwenlan becomes Head of Comedy at the BBC.

    • English-language television

  • The District Nurse starring Nerys Hughes

    • Sport

  • Football - Ian Rush becomes the first Welshman to win the European Golden Boot award.
  • Horse racing - Neil Doughty wins the Grand National on Hallo Dandy.

    • Births

  • 17 January – Sophie Dee, pornographic actress
  • 27 February – Rhys Williams, athlete
  • 11 March – Tom James, Olympic gold-medal-winning rower
  • 22 June – Arron Davies, footballer
  • 23 June – Duffy, singer
  • 31 July – Craig Stiens, footballer
  • 14 August - Rob Davies, table tennis player
  • 15 September – Prince Harry, English prince
  • 20 September – Byron Anthony, footballer
  • 15 October – Owain Tudur Jones, footballer
  • 24 November – Matthew Mason, cricketer
  • date unknown - Gwawr Edwards, soprano

    • Deaths

  • 14 January – Ivan Lloyd-Phillips, colonial administrator, 73
  • 26 January – Nathan Rocyn-Jones, doctor, international rugby player and President of the WRU, 81
  • 10 February – Ioan Evans, politician, 56
  • 11 April – John Roland Lloyd Thomas, clergyman and teacher, 76
  • 15 April – Tommy Cooper, comedian, 63 (heart attack on stage)
  • 18 June - Idris Foster, academic, 72
  • 22 June – Dill Jones, jazz pianist, 60
  • 6 July – Denys Val Baker, British writer and promoter of Celtic culture, 66
  • 5 August – Richard Burton, actor, 58 (brain haemorrhage)
  • 27 August – Amabel Williams-Ellis, writer
  • 23 September – Daniel Granville West, politician, 80
  • 12 October – Sir Anthony Berry, politician and son of James Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, 59 (killed in Brighton hotel bombing)
  • 11 December (in Hendon) – Will Paynter, miners' leader, 81
  • date unknown - Arthur Fear, operatic bass-baritone

    • References

    1984 in Wales Wikipedia
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