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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1964 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
[edit]- Secretary of State for Wales – Jim Griffiths (from 17 October)
- Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Cynan
Events
[edit]- 9 February – The BBC launches a dedicated television service for Wales.
- March – A representative of the National Coal Board writes to Mr DCW Jones, the Merthyr Tydfil Borough and Waterworks engineer, stating that they "would not like to continue beyond the next 6/8 weeks in tipping" coal slurry on Tip No 7 at Aberfan "where it is likely to be a source of danger to Pantglas school". Two and a half years later the tip would destroy the school, killing 116 children.[1]
- 15 March – Richard Burton marries Elizabeth Taylor (for the first time) in Montreal.[2]
- April – George Street Bridge, Newport opens, the first cable-stayed bridge in the UK.
- 15 October – In the United Kingdom general election, Wales elects 28 Labour MPs, six Conservatives and two Liberals.
- Alan Williams becomes MP for Swansea West
- Ioan Evans becomes MP for Birmingham Yardley.[3]
- Leslie Thomas, son of Labour stalwart, Jimmy Thomas, becomes Conservative MP for Canterbury.
- 17 October – The Welsh Office is established, under the leadership of a Secretary of State for Wales (Jim Griffiths).[4]
- 27 October – Pembroke Refinery is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.[5]
- 11 November – Politician Alun Gwynne Jones is raised to the peerage with the title Baron Chalfont of Llantarnam.[6]
- date unknown
- Civic Trust for Wales formed to promote conservation and enhancement of the built environment.
- Opening of the Edgar Evans building at the Royal Navy shore establishment on Whale Island, Portsmouth.[7]
Arts and literature
[edit]Awards
[edit]- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry – R. S. Thomas
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Swansea)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – Bryn Williams
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Rhydwen Williams
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Rhiannon Davies Jones
New books
[edit]English language
[edit]- Aneirin Talfan Davies – Dylan: Druid of the Broken Body[8]
- Emrys Daniel Hughes – Sir Alec Douglas-Home
- Stead Jones – Make Room for the Jester
- Howard Spring – Winds of the Day
- Reginald Frances Treharne – The Battle of Lewes in English History
- Raymond Williams – Second Generation
Welsh language
[edit]- John Gwilym Jones – Hanes Rhyw Gymro
- John Robert Jones – Yr Argyfwng Gwacter Ystyr
- Saunders Lewis – Merch Gwern Hywel[9]
- Caradog Prichard – Genod yn ein Bywyd
- Thomas Ifor Rees – Illimani[10]
Music
[edit]- Geraint Evans stars as Falstaff at the Metropolitan Opera.
Film
[edit]- Richard Burton stars in The Night of the Iguana.
- Siân Phillips takes her first major film role in Becket, alongside her husband Peter O'Toole and Burton.
- Victor Spinetti appears with The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night. Alun Owen's screenplay is nominated for an Academy Award.
Broadcasting
[edit]- BBC Wales is launched.
Welsh-language television
[edit]- Sion a Sian (later also produced in English as Mr and Mrs)
English-language television
[edit]Sport
[edit]- Olympic Games – Lynn Davies wins the gold medal in the men's long jump.
- Rugby union
- 1 February – Wales defeat Scotland 11–3 in Cardiff. Stuart Watkins makes his international debut.
- 7 March – Wales defeat Ireland 15–6 in Dublin. John Dawes makes his international debut.
- Wales win the Five Nations Championship.
- The Welsh national side makes its first overseas tour, to South Africa.
- Tennis – Gerald Battrick wins the British and French junior championships.
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Lynn Davies[11]
Births
[edit]- 29 January – Anna Ryder Richardson, interior designer, television presenter and zookeeper
- 9 February – Dewi Morris, rugby player
- 4 March – Dave Colclough, poker player (died 2016
- 21 March – Ieuan Evans, rugby player[12]
- 22 June – Neil Haddock, Welsh and British Champion super featherweight boxer
- 23 June – Robert Dickie, Welsh and British Champion boxing champion (died 2010)
- 16 August – Nigel Redman, rugby player
- 15 September – Steve Watkin, cricketer
- 8 October – Alan Knill, footballer[13]
- 3 November – Wayne Mumford, footballer
- 28 November – Sian Williams, television presenter
- 30 November – Richard Brake, actor[14]
- 1 December – Jo Walton, novelist and poet
- 31 December – Lowri Turner, television presenter
- date unknown
- Rhidian Brook, novelist, screenwriter and broadcaster
- Grahame Davies, poet[15]
Deaths
[edit]- 4 January – Arthur Wade-Evans, historian, 88[16]
- 7 January – Cyril Davies, harmonica player, 31
- 13 February – Cliff Richards, rugby player, 62
- 14 February
- Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans, civil servant, 69[17]
- William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, 78[18]
- 3 March – Ieuan Williams, cricketer, 54
- 6 August – Norman Matthews, clergyman and broadcaster, 60[19]
- 14 August – Redvers Sangoe, Light-heavyweight boxer, 28
- 26 August – Bryn Roberts, trade union leader, 67
- 14 September – Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, anthropologist, 79[20]
- 18 September – Juliet Rhys-Williams, writer and politician, 65[21]
- 9 October – Thomas Jones Pierce, historian, 59
- 5 November – Owen Jones politician in Canada, 74[22]
- 13 November – Leslie Morris, Welsh-Canadian politician, 60[23]
- 14 November – Idwal Jones, novelist, 73[24]
- 30 November – Sir John Cecil-Williams, lawyer and secretary of the Cymmrodorion, 72[25]
- 4 December (in Melbourne) – James 'Tuan' Jones, Wales and British Lion rugby player, 81[26]
- date unknown – Idloes Owen, singer, composer, and conductor, 59
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Owen Sheers (9 October 2016). "Aberfan 50 years on: how best to remember the tragedy?". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ Holloway C., E. Joy (2004). Outlook for English 5. Student's. UNAM. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-970-32-1297-2.
- ^ House of Commons: With Full Results of the Polling and Biographies of Members and Unsuccessful Candidates and a Complete Analysis, Statistical Tables, and a Map of the General Election. Times Office. October 1974. ISBN 978-0-7230-0124-9.
- ^ Fryde, E. B. (1996). Handbook of British chronology. Cambridge England: New York Cambridge University Press. p. 157. ISBN 9780521563505.
- ^ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1965). Papers by command. HMSO.
- ^ Charles Roger Dod; Robert Phipps Dod (1986). Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd.
- ^ "Petty Officer Edgar Evans". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ George Watson (2 July 1971). The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature:. CUP Archive. p. 134. GGKEY:64CF45KC7C0.
- ^ Paul Poplawski (30 December 2003). Encyclopedia of Literary Modernism. ABC-CLIO. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-313-01657-8.
- ^ Harvard University. Library (1970). Celtic literatures: classification schedule, classified listing by call number, chronological listing, author and title listing. Distributed by the Harvard University Press.
- ^ "BBC Wales Sport Personality winners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Peter Jackson (1998). Lions of Wales: A Celebration of Welsh Rugby Legends. Mainstream. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-84018-026-8.
- ^ "Where are they now? Alan Knill". Swansea City. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ Williams, Kathryn (23 May 2016). "The Welsh actor who plays Game of Thrones' terrifying Night's King on why he'd like a more cuddly role". Wales Online.
- ^ Menna Elfyn; John Rowlands (2003). The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry: 20th-century Welsh-language Poetry in Translation. Bloodaxe. p. 393. ISBN 978-1-85224-549-8.
- ^ Archaeologia Cambrensis. W. Pickering. 1964. p. 169.
- ^ Minutes of the ... Session of the Governing Body. The Office. 1964. p. 34.
- ^ Jean van der Poel (5 April 2007). Selections from the Smuts Papers: Volume VII, August 1945 – October 1950. Cambridge University Press. p. 399. ISBN 978-0-521-03370-1.
- ^ Mary Gwendoline Ellis. "Matthews, Norman Gregory (1904-1964), chancellor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ The Encyclopedia Americana. Grolier. 1981. p. 847. ISBN 978-0-7172-0112-9.
- ^ Time & Tide. Time and Tide Publishing Company. 1964. p. 7.
- ^
- ^ Leslie Morris (1970). Look on Canada, now ...: selected writings of Leslie Morris, 1923/1964. Progress Books.
- ^ Westways. Automobile Club of Southern California. 1965.
- ^ Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (1965). The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. The Society. p. 7.
- ^ Tuan Jones player profile Scrum.com