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1995 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1995 to Wales and its people.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales – Charles
  • Princess of Wales – Diana
  • Secretary of State for Wales – John Redwood (until 26 June); David Hunt (Acting); William Hague (from 5 July)
  • Archbishop of Wales – Alwyn Rice Jones, Bishop of St Asaph
  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – John Gwilym Jones

    • Events

  • 3 January - Tower Colliery re-opens under the ownership of the workforce buy out the company Goitre Tower Anthracite.
  • 1 February - Richey Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers disappears.
  • 16 February - In the Islwyn by-election brought about by the resignation of Neil Kinnock, Don Touhig is elected as Labour MP for the constituency.
  • April - TBI plc purchases Cardiff-Wales Airport from Glamorgan County Council.
  • 20 July - Swansea-born Michael Heseltine becomes Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, an office last held by Geoffrey Howe.
  • 30 July - Police in North Wales launch a murder inquiry after the body of seven-year-old Sophie Hook (who had gone missing from a nearby house during the night) is found on a beach near Llandudno by a man walking his dog.
  • 6 August - Howard Hughes, a 30-year-old Colwyn Bay man, is charged with the murder of Sophie Hook.
  • November - Diver Keith Hurley discovers the wreck of the submarine Resurgam (sunk 1880) off Rhyl.
  • 20 November - The Princess of Wales gives a revealing interview to Martin Bashir on the Panorama current affairs programme on BBC One television, discussing her adultery and personal problems in candid detail.
  • 20 December - The Queen writes to The Prince and Princess of Wales urging them to divorce as soon as possible.
  • Welsh historian Sir Rees Davies is appointed to the Chichele Chair of Medieval History at the University of Oxford.
  • Historian Glanmor Williams is knighted.

    • Arts and literature

  • Roger Rees is nominated for a Tony for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Indiscretions.
  • Michael Ball performs in the Les Misérables tenth anniversary concert.
  • Peter Karrie is voted the favourite Phantom of members of the The Phantom of the Opera Appreciation Society for the second year in a row.
  • The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, is opened by Jimmy Carter.

    • Awards

  • Glyndŵr Award - Kyffin Williams
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Abergele)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Tudur Dylan Jones
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Aled Gwyn
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Angharad Jones for Y Dylluan Wen
  • Wales Book of the Year:
  • English language: Duncan Bush, Masks
  • Welsh language: Aled Islwyn, Unigolion, Unigeddau
  • Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen -

    • New books

  • Robin Llywelyn - Y Dwr Mawr Llwyd
  • R. S. Thomas - No Truce with the Furies
  • Aled Rhys Wiliam - Cywain

    • English-language films

  • The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, with Kenneth Griffith
  • Restoration is partly filmed at Caerphilly Castle.

    • Music

  • Robin Huw Bowen - Harp Music of Wales (Cerddoriaeth Telyn Cymru)
  • Carreg Lafar - Ysbryd y Werin
  • Dafydd Iwan - Cân Celt
  • Super Furry Animals - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobwllantysiliogogogochynygofod (in space) (E.P.)
  • Triskedekaphilia (compilation album)

    • Broadcasting

  • 30 September - 96.4 FM The Wave goes on air for the first time.

    • Welsh-language television

  • A55, starring Iwan "Iwcs" Roberts
  • Rownd a Rownd, a youth-oriented soap opera set and filmed around Menai Bridge, launches on S4C

    • English-language television

  • John Rhys-Davies takes the lead in the new US drama series, Sliders.
  • Somebody's Son (prizewinning documentary made for BBC2 and BBC Wales by Raw Charm).

    • Rugby Union

  • 4 June - A narrow defeat by Ireland results in Wales being eliminated from the Rugby World Cup competition after only three matches.

    • Births

  • 5 January - Tom John, footballer
  • 4 July - Amy Hill, cyclist
  • 9 October - Jasmine Joyce, rugby player
  • 12 October - Jordan Howe, Paralympic athlete

    • Deaths

  • 28 January - Philip Burton, theatre director and radio producer
  • 29 January (in Thorpeness) - Richard Davies, CBE, member of the Royal Household
  • 2 February - Raymond Bark-Jones, English-born Wales international rugby union player, 83
  • 4 February - David Alexander, singer, 56
  • 8 February - Don Devereux, dual-code rugby player, 62
  • 8 February - Rachel Thomas, actress, 89
  • 11 March - Myfanwy Talog, actress, 50
  • 28 March - Julian Cayo-Evans, political activist, 57
  • 10 April - Glyn Jones, poet, author and academic, 90
  • 12 April - Cyril Sidlow, footballer, 89
  • 21 April - Tessie O'Shea, entertainer, 82
  • 21 June - Tristan Jones, sailor, 66
  • 24 June - Len Blyth, Wales international rugby player, 74
  • 25 September - Dave Bowen, footballer, 67
  • 28 September - Lynette Roberts, poet, 86
  • 22 October (in London) - Sir Kingsley Amis, novelist closely associated with Swansea, who set several of his works in Wales, 73

    • References

    1995 in Wales Wikipedia
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