1964 in Wales

none 1964 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1964 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1964 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents 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 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.https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/09/aberfan-50-years-owen-sheers-the-green-hollow-film-poem Aberfan 50 years on: how best to remember the tragedy? Owen Sheers Owen Sheers The Guardian 9 October 2016 12 October 2016 15 March – Richard Burton marries Elizabeth Taylor (for the first time) in Montreal.Holloway C., E. Joy Outlook for English 5. Student's https://books.google.com/books?id=RHZrvInwdv8C&pg=PA20 2004 UNAM 978-970-32-1297-2 20– 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.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 https://books.google.com/books?id=5WNPAQAAMAAJ October 1974 Times Office 978-0-7230-0124-9 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). Fryde E. B. Handbook of British chronology New York Cambridge University Press Cambridge England 1996 9780521563505 157 en 27 October – Pembroke Refinery is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Papers by command https://books.google.com/books?id=plk6AQAAIAAJ 1965 HMSO 11 November – Politician Alun Gwynne Jones is raised to the peerage with the title Baron Chalfont of Llantarnam.Charles Roger Dod Robert Phipps Dod Dod's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=TyqIAAAAMAAJ 1986 Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd. 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.https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/62642 Petty Officer Edgar Evans Imperial War Museum 3 November 2021 Arts and literature Awards 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 English language Aneirin Talfan Davies – Dylan: Druid of the Broken BodyGeorge Watson The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: https://books.google.com/books?id=9e48AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR134 2 July 1971 CUP Archive 134 GGKEY:64CF45KC7C0 Emrys Daniel Hughes – Sir Alec Douglas-Homes2-HUGH-DAN-1894 Hughes, Emrys Daniel (1894-1969), politician, journalist and author John Graham Jones 2001 25 January 2025 Stead Jones – Make Room for the JesterThe Cambridge Companion to British Fiction Since 1945 Cambridge University Press 2015 9781107040236 33 Howard Spring – Winds of the DayGeneral Catalogue of Printed Books: Ten-year Supplement, 1956-1965 Readex Microprint Corporation 1969 829 Reginald Frances Treharne – The Battle of Lewes in English History Raymond Williams – Modern Tragedys12-WILL-HEN-1921 Williams, Raymond Henry (1921-1988), lecturer, writer and cultural critic Daniel G. Williams 2021 25 January 2025 Welsh language John Gwilym Jones – Hanes Rhyw Gymro John Robert Jones – Yr Argyfwng Gwacter Ystyr Saunders Lewis – Merch Gwern HywelPaul Poplawski Encyclopedia of Literary Modernism https://books.google.com/books?id=E4-4fof9aiAC&pg=PA240 30 December 2003 ABC-CLIO 978-0-313-01657-8 240 Caradog Prichard – Genod yn ein Bywyd Thomas Ifor Rees – IllimaniHarvard University. Library Celtic literatures: classification schedule, classified listing by call number, chronological listing, author and title listing https://books.google.com/books?id=yC3jAAAAMAAJ 1970 Distributed by the Harvard University Press Music Geraint Evans stars as Falstaff at the Metropolitan Opera. Film 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 BBC Wales is launched. Welsh-language television Sion a Sian (later also produced in English as Mr and Mrs) English-language television Wales Today Sport 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 DaviesBBC Wales Sport Personality winners https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/20670643 BBC Sport 29 July 2021 Births 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 playerPeter Jackson Lions of Wales: A Celebration of Welsh Rugby Legends https://books.google.com/books?id=JqQeMae6VroC 1998 Mainstream 978-1-84018-026-8 211 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, footballerhttps://www.swanseacity.com/news/where-are-they-now-alan-knill Where are they now? Alan Knill Swansea City 14 March 2019 3 November – Wayne Mumford, footballer 28 November – Sian Williams, television presenter 30 November – Richard Brake, actorhttps://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/welsh-actor-who-plays-game-11373767 The Welsh actor who plays Game of Thrones' terrifying Night's King on why he'd like a more cuddly role Wales Online 23 May 2016 Kathryn Williams 1 December – Jo Walton, novelist and poet 31 December – Lowri Turner, television presenter date unknown Rhidian Brook, novelist, screenwriter and broadcaster Grahame Davies, poetMenna Elfyn John Rowlands The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry: 20th-century Welsh-language Poetry in Translation https://books.google.com/books?id=3uN4AAAAIAAJ 2003 Bloodaxe 978-1-85224-549-8 393 Deaths 4 January – Arthur Wade-Evans, historian, 88Archaeologia Cambrensis https://books.google.com/books?id=aAZPAAAAIAAJ 1964 W. Pickering 169 7 January – Cyril Davies, harmonica player, 31The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica Mel Bay Publications, Incorporated 2016 9781619115774 44 13 February – Cliff Richards, rugby player, 62 14 February Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans, civil servant, 69Minutes of the ... Session of the Governing Body https://books.google.com/books?id=8hVQAQAAMAAJ 1964 The Office 34 William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, 78Jean van der Poel Selections from the Smuts Papers: Volume VII, August 1945 – October 1950 https://books.google.com/books?id=B9W6t3SfRgUC&pg=PA399 5 April 2007 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-03370-1 399 3 March – Ieuan Williams, cricketer, 54 6 August – Norman Matthews, clergyman and broadcaster, 60s2-MATT-GRE-1904 Matthews, Norman Gregory (1904-1964), chancellor Mary Gwendoline Ellis 1 July 2019 14 August – Redvers Sangoe, Light-heavyweight boxer, 28Jones Wynford Benny's Boys: The Stable of Benny Jacobs 2007 Colourplan Design & Print St Helens, Merseyside 978-0-9551082-1-1 54-55 26 August – Bryn Roberts, trade union leader, 67s2-ROBE-BRY-1897 Robert, Arthur Bryn (1897-1964), trade unionist Evan David Jones 2001 26 January 2025 14 September – Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, anthropologist, 79The Encyclopedia Americana https://books.google.com/books?id=e-AZAAAAMAAJ 1981 Grolier 978-0-7172-0112-9 847 18 September – Juliet Rhys-Williams, writer and politician, 65Time & Tide https://books.google.com/books?id=Jb4aAQAAMAAJ 1964 Time and Tide Publishing Company 7 9 October – Thomas Jones Pierce, historian, 59s2-PIER-JON-1905 Pierce, Thomas Jones (1905-1964), historian Brynley Francis Roberts 2001 26 January 2025 5 November – Owen Jones politician in Canada, 744027 Owen Jones 13 November – Leslie Morris, Welsh-Canadian politician, 60Leslie Morris Look on Canada, now ...: selected writings of Leslie Morris, 1923/1964 https://books.google.com/books?id=HYBYAAAAMAAJ 1970 Progress Books 14 November – Idwal Jones, novelist, 73Westways https://books.google.com/books?id=HcS2AAAAIAAJ 1965 Automobile Club of Southern California 30 November – Sir John Cecil-Williams, lawyer and secretary of the Cymmrodorion, 72Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion https://books.google.com/books?id=jDFWAAAAYAAJ 1965 The Society 7 4 December (in Melbourne) – James 'Tuan' Jones, Wales and British Lion rugby player, 81Tuan Jones player profile Scrum.com date unknown – Idloes Owen, singer, composer, and conductor, 59 See also 1964 in Northern Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1964 in Europe Category:1960s in Wales