1969 in Wales

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1969 in the United Kingdom

1969 in Ireland

Other events of 1969

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

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Awards 3.2 New books 3.3 Music 4 Film 4.1 Welsh language films 5 Broadcasting 5.1 Welsh language television 5.2 English language television 6 Sports 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
• Princess of Wales - vacant
• Secretary of State for Wales - George Thomas
• Archbishop of Wales - Glyn Simon
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Tilsli

[edit] Events

• June - Six members of the Free Wales Army are convicted of public order and firearms offences; three are imprisoned.
• June 11 - The Prince of Wales's new standard is flown for the first time.
• July 1 - Charles, Prince of Wales, is invested with his title at Caernarfon.
• July 3 - Swansea is granted city status.
• The longest cable car system in the UK opens at Llandudno.
• Registration of births and deaths in the Welsh language is allowed for the first time.
• The Development of Tourism Act 1969 paves the way for creation of the Wales Tourist Board.
• Clashes between police and anti-apartheid protesters occur when the touring South African rugby team play Swansea.
• The South Wales Constabulary is created by merging the police forces of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil.
• Engineer Morien Morgan becomes Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough and is knighted.

[edit] Arts and literature

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
• Raymond Garlick - A Sense of Europe
• D. Gwenallt Jones - Y Coed
• Glyn Jones - The Dragon Has Two Tongues
• Gwilym R. Jones - Cerddi
• John Ormond - Requiem and Celebration
• Penguin Book of Welsh Verse
• Dennis Selby - Sanctity: or There's No Such Thing as a Naked Sailor
• John Griffith Williams - Pigau'r Sêr

[edit] Music

• Amen Corner - Explosive Company (album)
• Blonde on Blonde - Contrasts (album)
• Huw Jones - Dŵr ("Water") (protest song)
• Jeffrey Lewis - Mutations I
• Man - 2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle
• David Wynne - Cymric Rhapsody no. 2

[edit] Film

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

[edit] Welsh language films

[edit] Broadcasting

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

[edit] Welsh language television

• Miri Mawr (children's)

[edit] English language television

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

[edit] Sports

• Cricket - Glamorgan win the County Championship.

[edit] Births

• January 20 - Nicky Wire, musician
• February 2 - Michael Sheen, actor
• February 21 - James Dean Bradfield, musician
• February 24 - Gareth Llewellyn, rugby player
• March 1 - Dafydd Ieuan, musician
• April 11 - Cerys Matthews, singer
• June - Julie Gardner, television producer
• July 26 - Tanni Grey-Thompson, wheelchair athlete
• August 4 - Tony Roberts, footballer
• September 4 - Sasha, DJ and record producer
• September 25 - Catherine Zeta-Jones, actress
• October 8 - David Abruzzese, footballer
• December 2 - Anthony Davies, snooker player
• date unknown - Dyfed Wyn-Evans, operatic baritone

[edit] Deaths

• March 10 - Jimmy Wilde, boxer
• May 28 - Rhys Williams, actor
• October 18 - Emrys Hughes, politician
• November 21 - D. B. Wyndham-Lewis, author
• December 7 - Hugh Williams, dramatist
• date unknown - David Lloyd, singer
• date unknown - Percy Thomas, architect