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1987 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1987 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – Charles
  • Princess of Wales – Diana
  • Secretary of State for Wales – Nicholas Edward (until 13 June); Peter Walker
  • Archbishop of Wales – George Noakes, Bishop of St David's (elected)
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
  • Elerydd (outgoing)
  • Emrys Deudraeth (incoming)

    • Events

  • 12 January - The lowest daytime maximum temperature ever recorded in Wales (-8.0 °C) is recorded at Trecastle, Powys.
  • 5 March - The High Court declares Dorothy Squires a vexatious litigant.
  • 24 May - Neil Kinnock is interviewed by David Frost about Labour's defence policy and plans for government.
  • 28 May - The Mametz Wood Memorial, sculpted by David Petersen, is unveiled in Cardiff.
  • 11 June - In the general election
  • Plaid Cymru's Ieuan Wyn Jones wins the seat of Ynys Môn from the Conservatives. Plaid retain their other two parliamentary seats.
  • Alun Michael replaces James Callaghan as MP for Cardiff South.
  • Labour's Paul Flynn wins back Newport West from the Conservatives.
  • 11 July - The Mametz Wood Memorial is dedicated at the site of the Royal Welch Fusiliers battle of 1916.
  • October
  • Flooding affects many parts of Wales. Four people are killed when the Glanrhyd Bridge collapses; a train falling into the River Tywi.
  • Keith Best, former Conservative MP for Ynys Môn, is sentenced to four months' imprisonment for share-dealing activities, but only serves five days.
  • 22 November - The Welsh language is used within the Vatican for the first time on an official occasion, as part of a beatification ceremony for three Welsh martyrs.
  • 3 December - Indian classical musician Ram Narayan records his album Rag Lalit at Wyastone Leys near Monmouth.
  • A planning application is turned down at Llanrhaeadr, Clwyd, on the grounds that it would be detrimental to the Welsh language. It is the first time such a decision has ever been made.
  • The Roman Catholic Church in Wales creates a new Diocese of Wrexham and moves the Diocese of Menevia to Swansea.
  • Creation of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
  • Roy Jenkins becomes Baron Jenkins of Hillhead and is elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
  • Chris Loyn establishes the architectural practice Loyn & Co.
  • The National Trust buys Dinefwr Park in Llandeilo, including the deer park.
  • Oakwood Theme Park at Narberth opened.

    • Arts and literature

  • MusicFest Aberystwyth is founded by cellist Nicholas Jones.
  • Jim Burns becomes the first non-American to win the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist.

    • Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Porthmadog)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Ieuan Wyn
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - John Griffith Jones
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Margiad Williams

    • New books

  • Dannie Abse - Ask the Bloody Horse
  • Euros Bowen - Oes y Medwsa
  • Rees Davies - Wales: The Age Of Conquest, 1063-1415
  • Stephen Gregory - The Cormorant
  • Douglas Houston - With the Offal Eaters
  • Dafydd Glyn Jones - Drych yr Amseroedd
  • Nesta Wyn Jones - Rhwng Chwerthin a Chrio
  • Alan Llwyd - Barddoniaeth y Chwedegau
  • Gwylon Phillips - Llofruddiaeth Shadrach Lewis
  • J. Beverley Smith - Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
  • Frances Thomas - Seeing Things
  • Peter Thomas - Strangers from a Secret Land
  • R. S. Thomas - Welsh Airs
  • Rhydwen Williams - Amser i Wylo

    • Music

  • The Alarm - Eye Of The Hurricane (album)
  • Anrhefn - Defaid Skateboard a Wellies
  • Y Cyrff - Y Testament Newydd (EP)
  • Frank Hennessy - Thoughts and Memories (album)
  • Karl Wallinger - Private Revolution (album)

    • Film

  • Timothy Dalton makes his debut as James Bond in The Living Daylights.

    • English-language radio

  • John Humphrys becomes a regular presenter on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

    • Welsh-language television

  • Ioan Gruffudd joins the cast of Pobol y Cwm.

    • Sport

  • BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Ian Woosnam.
  • Golf - David Llewellyn and Ian Woosnam win golf's World Cup in Hawaii.
  • Rugby union
  • Wales finish 4th in the 1987 Five Nations Championship with just a single win, over England.
  • Wales finish third, their best ever position, in the first Rugby World Cup.
  • 5 April - Pontypool Park hosts the first international for the Wales women's national rugby union team who lose 22-4 to England.
  • Skiing - Dry ski slope opened on the Great Orme at Llandudno.

    • Births

  • 9 January - Bradley Davies, rugby union player
  • 21 January - Joe Ledley, footballer
  • 24 January - Wayne Hennessey, footballer
  • 14 February - Lee Selby, World champion boxer
  • 24 March - Rob Davies, footballer
  • 27 March - Adam Davies, footballer
  • April - Hannah Stone, harpist
  • 8 May - Aneurin Barnard, actor
  • 4 September - Mike O'Shea, cricketer
  • 29 September - Claire Williams, athlete
  • 30 November - Victoria Thornley, Olympic rower
  • 17 December - Bradley Manning, American soldier (educated in Haverfordwest)
  • date unknown - Alexandra Roach, actress

    • Deaths

  • 5 January - Brinley Williams, Wales dual-code rugby international, 91
  • 21 January - Donald Holroyde Hey, chemist, 83
  • 4 February - Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, writer and broadcaster, 78
  • 4 April - Richard Ithamar Aaron, philosopher, 85
  • 13 April - Alfred Evans, Labour MP, 73
  • 19 April - Stan Richards, footballer, 70
  • 22 May - Keidrych Rhys, poet and editor
  • 22 June - William Price, footballer, 83
  • 4 September - Richard Marquand, film director, 49 (stroke)
  • August - Dorothy Rees, politician, 89
  • 11 September - Hugh David, television director, 62
  • 25 September - Emlyn Williams, dramatist and actor, 81
  • 5 November - Howard Davies, rugby player, 70
  • 27 December - Anna Eliza Williams, oldest documented person in the world, 114
  • date unknown - Albert Clifford Williams, politician, Labour MP for Abertillery 1965–1970

    • References

    1987 in Wales Wikipedia
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