1961 in Wales

none 1961 This article is about the significance of the year 1961 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1961 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Trefin Events 16 February – The BP Explorer 2, a loaded tanker barge bound for Sharpness from Swansea, turns over in the Severn Estuary. 17 February – The BP Explorer is seen bouncing upside down through the recently wrecked (October 26, 1960) Severn Railway Bridge. Her crew of five men are killed.http://www.gloucesterharbourtrustees.org.uk/stoneshistory.pdf A History of Gloucester Harbour Trustees 69 Gloucester Harbour Trustees 18 May 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090424011727/http://www.gloucesterharbourtrustees.org.uk/stoneshistory.pdf 24 April 2009 1 October – Tabernacle Chapel, Cardiff, hosts the first-ever broadcast of the long-running national BBC Television series Songs of Praise.Asa Briggs The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: 1955-1974. Competition 23 March 1995 https://books.google.com/books?id=0pRGjVGtUvwC&pg=PA335 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-215964-9 335 8 November – In a referendum on Sunday opening of public houses, the counties of Anglesey, Cardiganshire, Caernarfonshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire and Pembrokeshire all vote to stay "dry".L. M. Barley C. D. Field B. A. Kosmin J. S. Nielsen Religion: Recurrent Christian Sources, Non-Recurrent Christian Data, Judaism, Other Religions https://books.google.com/books?id=d8rNBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA306 28 June 2014 Elsevier 978-1-4832-9599-2 306 9 November – Rosemarie Frankland, originally from Rhosllanerchrugog, wins the Miss World title.Harris M. Lentz III Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2000: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture https://books.google.com/books?id=GnnGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83 24 October 2008 McFarland 978-0-7864-5205-7 83 19 November – During construction of the Severn Bridge three men fall into the river. A rescue boat crewed by two men sets sail from Chepstow, not knowing that the three men have been picked up safely by a ferry, the Severn Princess. Two empty tanker barges coming down from Sharpness collide with the rescue boat, which has no navigation lights. One member of the rescue boat crew is drowned. The Llyn Celyn reservoir is constructed in the valley of the River Tryweryn in North Wales to provide water for Liverpool, destroying the village of Capel Celyn. Gwynfor Evans becomes president of the Celtic League. Formation in Pontypridd of the first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼí Faith entirely of native Welsh Baháʼís.United Kingdom: History of the Bahá'í Faith Moojan Momen Moojan Momen https://bahai-library.com/momen_encyclopedia_uk Baháʼí Encyclopedia (draft article) 2020-10-16 Arts and literature Keith Baxter makes his Broadway debut as King Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales, held in Rhosllanerchrugog: Chairing of the Bard – Emrys Edwards Crowning of the Bard – L. Haydn Lewis Prose Medal – withheld Gold Medal: Fine Art – Ceri Richards New books English language Dannie Abse – The EccentricA Library of Literary Criticism: Modern British Literature Ungar 1975 588 Richard Hughes – The Fox in the Attic Bertrand Russell – Fact and Fiction Emlyn Williams – George Raymond Williams – The Long Revolutions12-WILL-HEN-1921 Williams, Raymond Henry (1921-1988), lecturer, writer and cultural critic Daniel G. Williams 2016 29 October 2022 Welsh language Pennar Davies – Yr Efrydd o Lyn Cynons8-DAVI-PEN-1911 Davies, William Thomas (Pennar) (1911-1996), novelist, poet, theologian and scholar D. Densil Morgan 2006 29 October 2022 Islwyn Ffowc Elis – Tabyrddau'r Tabongo W. J. Gruffydd (Elerydd) – Ffenestri Caradog Prichard – Un Nos Ola Leuads10-PRIC-CAR-1904 Prichard, Caradog (1904-1980), novelist and poet Menna Baines 2008 29 October 2022 Music Alun Hoddinott – Concerto for Piano, Winds and Percussion Film Ronald Lewis stars in Scream of Fear and Stop Me Before I Kill. Victor Spinetti makes his screen debut in The Gentle Terror. Clifford Evans stars in The Curse of the Werewolf. Pirates of Tortuga, American adventure based on the Welsh privateer, Henry Morgan Broadcasting Welsh-language television Ambell i Gan Pwt o'r Papur Gair o Gyngor English-language television 7 April – The Independent Television Authority (ITA) invites bids for its west and north Wales licence.Johnson, Catherine Turnock, Rob Itv Cultures: Independent Television Over Fifty Years: Independent Television Over Fifty Years https://books.google.com/books?id=vbLlAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA96 1 September 2005 McGraw-Hill Education (UK) 978-0-335-21729-8 96 On 6 June, the franchise is awarded to the Wales Television Association. 20 June – The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, Reginald Bevins, informs the Wales Television Association that approval has been given for an ITA transmitter in the Flint-Denbigh area. Sport Boxing – Howard Winstone wins the British featherweight title. BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Bryn MeredithBBC Wales Sport Personality winners https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/20670643 BBC Sport 29 July 2021 Births 24 January – Tarki Micallef, professional footballer 7 May – Phil Campbell, rock guitaristJoel McIver Overkill: The Untold Story of Motörhead https://books.google.com/books?id=xeWaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT143 1 August 2017 Omnibus Press 978-0-85712-718-1 143 5 July – Gareth Jones ("Gaz Top"), television presenter 7 July – Steve Brace, long-distance runner 8 August – Simon Weston, war heroSimon Weston Walking Tall: An Autobiography https://books.google.com/books?id=TKNdJQAACAAJ February 1990 Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-0499-3 18 August – Huw Edwards, newsreaderhttp://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U43950/EDWARDS_Huw Edwards, Huw Who's Who 2016 online Oxford University Press 2016-01-24 30 August Denise Gyngell, pop singer and actress Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin, charity worker and Labour peer 29 September – Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia (in Barry)Julia Gillard https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/julia-gillard Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers 29 July 2021 en 26 February 2019 20 October – Ian Rush, footballer 1 November – Nicky Grist, racing driver date unknown Ifor ap Glyn, Welsh-language poet and television presenterhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/01/ifor-ap-glyn-national-poet-wales-gillian-clarke A new poet for St David's Day: Ifor ap Glyn appointed national poet of Wales 1 March 2016 Richard Lea 12 March 2019 Twm Morys, poet Deaths 14 January – William Bowen, Army officer, 62http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_B04.html Bowen, William Oswald unithistories.com 18 September 2020 18 January – William Jones, poet, 64s2-JONE-WIL-1896 Jones, William (1896-1961), poet and minister Brynley Francis Roberts National Library of Wales 12 March 2019 2 February – Kate Williams Evans, suffragette, 84https://womenslibrary.org.uk/2018/09/21/kate-evans-and-kate-evans/ Kate Evans . . . and Kate Evans! Rebecca Jones 21 September 2018 Glasgow Women's Library 8 October 2019 10 February Tom Beynon, Presbyterian minister and historian, 74Tom Beynon /s2-BEYN-TOM-1886 National Library of Wales Gomer Morgan Roberts 3 May 2016 Llewelyn Davies, footballer, 80https://wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=1363 Llew Davies Wrexham AFC Archive 10 November 2024 18 April – John Evans, Labour politician, 85Colliery Guardian Fuel & Metallurgical Journals 1961 504 8 May – Wyndham Edwards, gymnast, 68 28 June – Huw Menai, poet, 74Meic Stephens Poetry 1900-2000 https://books.google.com/books?id=ppf0CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA11 1 October 2007 Summersdale Publishers Limited 978-1-84839-722-4 11 3 July – Albert Jenkin, Wales international rugby player, 88 14 August – Alec James, cricketer, 72 31 October – Augustus John, painter, 83Augustus John Malcolm Easton University of Hull Augustus John: portraits of the artist's family https://books.google.com/books?id=TtZLAQAAIAAJ 1970 University of Hull 11 9780900480898 20 November – Edwin Thomas Maynard, Wales international rugby player, 83 4 December – John Pugh, Archdeacon of Carmarthen, 76Obituary The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 05, 1961; pg. 17; Issue 55256 See also 1961 in Northern Ireland 1961 in Scotland 1961 in the United Kingdom References Wales Category:1961 in Europe Category:1960s in Wales