1974 in Wales

none 1974 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1974 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1974 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Secretary of State for Wales – Peter Thomas (until 5 March);Chris Cook John Stevenson Longman Handbook to Modern British History 1714 - 2001 https://books.google.com/books?id=nnMABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA88 10 July 2014 Routledge 978-1-317-87524-6 88 John Morris Archbishop of Wales – Gwilym Williams, Bishop of Bangorhttps://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/8-june/books-arts/book-reviews/welsh-golden-age-that-never-came Archbishop Gwilym Owen Williams — “G. O.”: His life and opinions by D. T. W. Price David Wilbourne 8 June 2018 Church Times 6 May 2022 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – BrinliMeic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 523 Events 23 January – A UFO appears to crash in a remote area of North Wales. This becomes known as the Berwyn Mountain Incident.Charles Fort The Info Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=jVUlAQAAIAAJ 1972 International Fortean Organization 6 28 February – In the first United Kingdom general election of 1974, Geraint Howells wins Ceredigion for the Liberals,Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) House of Commons official report https://books.google.com/books?id=65-AT4idhCUC 2005 H.M. Stationery Office 775 while Gwynfor Evans fails to retain Carmarthen for Plaid Cymru by three votes. 5 March – Elwyn Jones is appointed Lord Chancellor in Harold Wilson’s government.Alan O'Day Longman Handbook of Modern Irish History Since 1800 https://books.google.com/books?id=1HTJAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA296 11 June 2014 Routledge 978-1-317-89711-8 296 1 April – The Local Government Act 1972 comes into effect, abolishing all 13 traditional counties of Wales and creating eight new counties, also confirming that Monmouthshire (mostly incorporated in the new county of Gwent) is part of Wales.Great Britain Charles Arnold-Baker The Local Government Act 1972 https://books.google.com/books?id=SnYeAQAAMAAJ 1973 Butterworths 225 10 October – In the second United Kingdom general election of 1974, Gwynfor Evans regains his seat at Carmarthen. 22 November – Helen Morgan becomes Miss World; she is forced to resign after four days when it is discovered that she is an unmarried mother.Phyllis Chesler Emily Jane Goodman Women, money & power https://books.google.com/books?id=RlVUBic1LMIC 1976 Bantam Books 978-0-553-02978-9 35 Tredegar House is bought by Newport Council. Laura Ashley opens stores in Paris and San Francisco.Claudia Piras Bernhard Roetzel British Tradition and Interior Design: Town and Country Living in the British Isles https://books.google.com/books?id=API4AQAAIAAJ 31 December 2000 Cologne 978-3-8290-4851-4 157 Arts and literature Kyffin Williams is elected to the Royal Academy. Andrew Vicari is appointed official painter to the Saudi royal family. The Cory Brass Band is the first Welsh band to win the British National Championship. The BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra achieves full symphony status. Foundation of the Welsh Jazz Society. Journalist Hugh Cudlipp is created Baron Cudlipp of Aldingbourne. Glyn Daniel becomes Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Carmarthen) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Moses Glyn Jones National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - William George National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Dafydd Ifans New books English language Tony Conran - Spirit Level Gwynfor Evans - Land of my Fathers Jan Morris - Conundrum Leslie Norris - Mountains, Polecats, Pheasants John Ormond - Definition of a Waterfall Goronwy Rees - Brief Encounters Alun Richards - Dai Country Harri Webb - A Crown for Branwen Welsh language Islwyn Ffowc Elis - MarwydosJohn T. Koch Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia https://books.google.com/books?id=vSIZAQAAIAAJ 2006 ABC-CLIO 978-1-85109-440-0 673 David Jenkins - T. Gwynn Jones: Cofiant Bobi Jones - Tafod y LlenorCharles William Sullivan The Mabinogi: A Book of Essays https://books.google.com/books?id=5IWflKkhVuAC&pg=PA385 1996 Psychology Press 978-0-8153-1482-0 385 John G. Williams - Maes MihangelSimon Brooks Hanes Cymry: Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig ar Gwareiddiad Cymraeg University of Wales Press 2021 Bibliography Music Andy Fairweather-Low - Spider Jiving (album)Dave Marsh John Swenson The new Rolling stone record guide https://archive.org/details/newrollingstoner00mars registration 12 October 1983 Random House/Rolling Stone Press 978-0-394-72107-1 169 Alun Hoddinott - The Beach of Falesá (opera)https://wno.org.uk/news/alun-hoddinott-and-the-beach-of-fales%C3%A1/ Alun Hoddinott and The Beach of Falesá 29 July 2021 Welsh National Opera 20 June 2026 Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge (album) Film Richard Burton stars in The Klansman. Welsh-language films None Broadcasting 30 September - Independent radio station Swansea Sound comes into operation. Welsh-language television 8 October - Pobol y Cwm appears for the first time.John Davies John Davies (historian) Nigel Jenkins Nigel Jenkins Baines Menna Peredur I. Lynch The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales 2008 University of Wales Press Cardiff 688 978-0-7083-1953-6 English-language television Richard Burton is banned from BBC productions after complaints about his derogatory comments about Winston Churchill and others in power during World War II. Windsor Davies makes his first appearance as Sergeant Major Williams in It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Sport Curling – The Welsh Curling Association is formed. Golf – Brian Huggett wins the Portuguese Open. Snooker – Ray Reardon wins his third World Championship title.https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/profile-ray-reardon_sto2189453/story.shtml Profile: Ray Reardon 2 March 2010 Eurosport 16 May 2019 Gareth Edwards wins BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year.BBC Wales Sport Personality winners https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/20670643 BBC Sport 29 July 2021 Births 5 January – Iwan Thomas, athletehttps://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/iwan-thomas-20044 Iwan Thomas Profile IAAF 1 October 2019 30 January – Christian Bale, actor 15 March (in Zambia) – Vaughan Gething, politician, First Minister 3 May – Barry Jones, boxer 11 May – Darren Ward, footballer 29 May – Jenny Willott, politicianDod's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=K7pDAQAAIAAJ 2010 Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited 978-0-905702-89-6 363 3 June – Kelly Jones, rock singer-songwriter-guitarist 25 June – David Park, golfer 11 August – Dafydd Trystan Davies, chair of Plaid Cymru 1 September – Tony Bird, footballer 3 September – Rob Page, footballer 5 September – Becky Morgan, golfer 13 September – Andy Gorman, footballer 20 September (in Suva, Fiji) – Owen Sheers, poet and actor 17 October – Beverley Jones, athlete 18 October – Robbie Savage, footballerJanine Self Robbie Savage Savage! The Robbie Savage Autobiography Mainstream Publishing 2011 9781907195631 2 24 October – David Evans, squash player 8 November – Matthew Rhys, actor 12 November – Jonathan Morgan, politician date unknown – Bedwyr Williams, installation and performance artist Deaths 9 January – Dora Herbert Jones, singer and administrator, 83s11-JONE-HER-1890 Jones, Dora Herbert (1890-1974), singer and administrator Rhidian Griffiths 2016 7 May 2022 11 January – Joe Jones, dual-code rugby player, 57http://announcements.johnstonpress.co.uk/obituaries/wigantoday-uk/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=183984489 Joseph Jones Wigan Today 20 April 2016 2 July 2017 21 January – Sandy Griffiths, football referee, 65 11 February – D. Jacob Davies, Unitarian minister, broadcaster, writer and journalist, 57Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated Britannica Book of the Year https://archive.org/details/britannicabook1975chic registration 1 January 1975 Encyclopaedia Britannica 978-0-85229-303-4 597 12 February – Alec Harris, spiritualist medium, 76 3 April David Davies, actor) Desmond Donnelly, politician, 53 (suicide)Town and Country Planning https://books.google.com/books?id=7PNUAAAAMAAJ 1974 The Association 16 April – Cecil Spiller, cricketer, 73 5 April – Trefor Evans, diplomat, 61Who Was Who 1981: Vol 7 1971-1980 1981 St. Martin's Press 978-0-312-87746-0 254 14 April – Sir Archibald Lush, schools inspector, 74Who was who https://books.google.com/books?id=HT4OAQAAMAAJ 1971 A. & C. Black 13 May – Islwyn Evans, Wales international rugby player, 75Swansea RFC player profilesMay 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes 11 June – William Jones, dean of Brecon, 76Who Was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 978-0-19-954087-7 29 August (in Oxford) – Harold Arthur Harris, academic, 71Harold Arthur Harris Greek Athletics and the Jews University of Wales Press Anthony James Brothers I. M. Barton 1976 9780708306352 3 9 September – Neil McBride, MP for Swansea East, 64https://biography.wales/article/s6-MCBR-NEI-1910 McBride, Neil (1910-1974), Labour politician John Graham Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 24 December 2019 28 October (in Harrow) – David Jones, poet and artist, 78https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/30/archives/david-jones-dies-poet-and-painter-welshmanslnparenthesis-onwar-won.html David Jones dies; Poet and Painter 30 October 1974 New York Times 7 May 2022 November – Bessie Jones singer, 87 14 November - Gomer Hughes, rugby player, 64 24 November - Ivor Jones, footballer, 75 29 December – William Charles Fuller, Victoria Cross recipient, 80David Harvey Monuments to courage: Victoria Cross headstones and memorials https://books.google.com/books?id=AYMWAQAAIAAJ 1999 Kevin and Kay Patience See also 1974 in Northern Ireland References Wales Category:1974 in Europe Category:1970s in Wales