1965 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1965 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- 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.[1]
- 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.[2]
- 21 October – Official opening of Llyn Celynreservoir.
- 17 December – A landslide on the main railway line at Bridgendkills a train driver and co-driver.
- Foundation of Undeb y Cymraeg Byw ("Union of Living Welsh").
Arts and literature
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
English language
- Peter Bryan George – Commander-1
- Julian Mitchell – The White Father
Welsh language
- Bedwyr Lewis Jones (ed.) – Blodeugerdd o'r Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Bymtheg
- Gwilym Meredydd Jones – Dawns yr Ysgubau
Music
- 12 December – The Beatles' last live U.K. tour concludes with two performances at the Capitol, Cardiff.[3]
- Tom Jones releases the film theme, "What's New Pussycat?" as a single.
- Rockfield Studios (near Rockfield, Monmouthshire) becomes the world's first residential recording studio.
Film
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, for which he would be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[4]
- Glynis Johns stars in Mary Poppins.
- Tryweryn, the Story of a Valley (film made by Friars School, Bangor).[5]
Theatre
- 26 March – Harold Pinter's play The Homecoming has its world première at the New Theatre, Cardiff.[6]
Broadcasting
- February - BBC2 is received in South Wales for the first time, as a result of a new transmitter.[7]
- date unknown - BBC Wales.[8]
Welsh-language television
- Dafydd Iwan begins appearing regularly on TWW's Y Dydd.[9]
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[10]
Births
- 5 January – Vinnie Jones, footballer (in Watford, England)[11]
- 22 February – Steve Speirs, born Steven Roberts, actor
- 2 March (in Bangor, County Down) – Lembit Öpik, politician
- 6 March – Allan Bateman, rugby player
- 1 April – Alexandra Shân "Tiggy" Legge-Bourke, royal nanny[12]
- 9 April – Colin Pascoe, footballer
- April – Manon Antoniazzi, née Jenkins, Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd
- 3 May – Rob Brydon, comedian and actor[13]
- 8 May – Andy Dibble, footballer
- 11 May – Jeremy Goss, footballer
- 16 May – Vincent Regan, actor
- 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
- 7 January – Sarah Edwards, actress, 83[14]
- 18 January – Ernest Evans, politician, 79[15]
- 29 January – T. Harri Jones, poet and academic, 43 (suicide)[16]
- 4 February
- Hugh Morriston Davies, thoracic surgeon, 85[17]
- Llywelyn Williams, politician, 53[18]
- 5 February – Sir David Brunt, meteorologist, 78[19]
- John William Bowen, trade unionist and politician, 88[20]
- 22 April – Glyn Stephens, Wales international rugby union captain, 73
- 3 May – Howard Spring, novelist, 76[21]
- 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
- 18 August – Christmas Price Williams, politician, 83[22]
- 24 August – Elvyn Bowen, cricketer, 58
- 30 August – Llew Edwards, boxer, 72
- 11 September – Trevor Preece, cricketer, 82
- 1 October – Gareth Hughes, actor, 71[23]
- Russell Taylor, Wales international rugby player, 50
- 16 October – Hywel Davies, radio broadcaster, television interviewer and writer, 46[24]
- 22 October – William Williams, Victoria Cross recipient, 75[25]
- John Roberts, Wales international rugby player, 59
- 4 November – Ifor Williams, academic, 84[26]
- 8 November – George Hall, politician, 83[27]
- 23 November – Murray Humphreys, Chicago mobster of Welsh descent, 66[28]
- 26 December – Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies, Victoria Cross recipient, 87[29]
- 29 December – Claude Warner, cricketer, 83
See also
References
- ^ Davis, Haydn. "Chronology of the Twentieth Century". Newport Past. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ Hansard 1965.
- ^ "Live: Capitol Cinema, Cardiff". The Beatles Bible. 1965-12-12. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
- ^ "The 38th Academy Awards 1966". Oscars. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Tryweryn, the Story of a Valley". BFI Online. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ Nightingale, Benedict (1965-03-27). "review: The Homecoming at Cardiff". The Guardian. p. 6.
- ISBN 978-0-7083-1840-9.
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1965). Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command. H.M. Stationery Office.
- ISBN 978-0-7083-2308-3.
- ^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4711-2759-5.
- ISBN 978-1-903809-42-6.
- ISBN 978-0-241-95482-9.
- ISBN 978-0-8352-0914-4.
- ^ Evan David Jones. "Evans, Ernest (1885-1965), county court judge, M.P." Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-85902-168-2.
- ^ Emyr Wyn Jones. "Davies, Hugh Morriston (1879-1965), probably the most outstanding pioneer of thoracic surgery in Britain". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1964). Journals of the House of Commons. order of the House of Commons. p. 124.
- ^ Indian Journal of Meteorology & Geophysics. India Meteorological Department. 1965. p. 527.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir William Bowen", The Times, 2 April 1965
- ^ Marion Ursula Howard Spring (1967). Howard. Collins. p. 13.
- ^ John Graham Jones. "Williams, Christmas Price (1881-1965), politician and engineer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ John A. Willis (1983). Screen World. Crown Publishers. p. 237.
- ^ Williams, Griffith John. "Hywel Davies". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-330-49133-4.
- ISBN 978-0-19-726277-1.
- ^ Frank C. Roberts (1961). Obituaries from the Times. Newspaper Archive Developments Limited. p. 335.
- ISBN 978-0-89803-123-2.
- ISBN 978-0-330-49133-4.