1980 in Wales

none 1980 thumb | right | Trevor Bolder Uriah Heep Cardiff 1980 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1980 to Wales and the Welsh people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1980 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Secretary of State for Wales – Nicholas EdwardsLord Crickhowell obituary https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/19/lord-crickhowell-obituary 20 March 2018 The Guardian 19 March 2018 Archbishop of Wales – Gwilym Williams, Bishop of BangorNA NA The Macmillan Guide to the United Kingdom 1978-79 https://books.google.com/books?id=Ot-vCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA875 25 December 2015 Springer 978-1-349-81511-1 875 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Geraint Events 2 January – Workers at British Steel Corporation go on strike over pay. May – Plaid Cymru leader Gwynfor Evans announces his intention to go on hunger strike in protest against the government's failure to honour its promise of a fourth Welsh-language television channel.David Beresford Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike https://archive.org/details/tenmendeadstory00bere registration 1987 Grafton 978-0-586-06533-4 34 The government backs down on 17 September, a few weeks before Evans's deadline. April – The Church in Wales votes to ordain women deacons.The Living Church https://books.google.com/books?id=wF_kAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA15-IA56 January 1981 Morehouse-Gorham Company 15 17 May – Glan Clwyd Hospital opens at Bodelwyddan.http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-300000-375000/page/7 https://web.archive.org/web/20120311075904/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-300000-375000/page/7 dead 2012-03-11 Glan Clwyd Hospital Domesday Reloaded BBC 1986 2021-02-17 8 June – Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones preaches for the last time, at Barcombe Baptist Chapel. 28 June – Penelope Clarke of Lanover marries François Fillon, future Prime Minister of France.http://madame.lefigaro.fr/societe/francois-fillon-candidat-qui-est-sa-femme-penelope-171116-117836 François Fillon candidat : Penelope Fillon, l'ultra-discrète Mazuet Julie 21 November 2016 Madame Figaro 5 March 2017 Candidate François Fillon: the ultra-discreet Penelope Fillon 11 July – Britannia Bridge A55 road deck officially opened by the Prince of Wales (now Charles III).https://menaibridges.co.uk/about/menai-heritage-collections/menai-heritage-collections-pamphlets-articles-papers/ Menai Heritage Collections – Pamphlets, Articles & Papers Menai Heritage 31 January 2019 August – Dragon Data introduces the Dragon 32 home computer.February 2019 John Maddox becomes editor of Nature. Death of last pure-bred Rhiw sheep. Cardiff Zoo closed.Closed collections http://www.zoohistory.co.uk/projects/closed_collections The Bartlett Society 24 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150404054748/http://www.zoohistory.co.uk/projects/closed_collections 4 April 2015 dead Welsh Highland Railway Ltd begins using the name "Rheilffordd Ucheldir Cymru". Arts and literature Richard Burton makes one of his last stage appearances, in the musical Camelot. Michael Bogdanov becomes associate director of the Royal National Theatre. Bobi Jones is appointed to the professorial chair in Welsh at University of Wales, Aberystwyth. The publisher Gwasg Carreg Gwalch is founded by Myrddin ap Dafydd at Capel Garmon. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Gowerton) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Donald Evans National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Donald Evans National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - R. Gerallt Jones New books Irma Chilton - Yr Iâr Goch Leopold Kohr - Cymru Fach D. Tecwyn Lloyd - Bore Da, Lloyd Music Edward H. Dafis - Plant Y Fflam (album) Works of art Andrew Vicari - La Marianne Film The Mouse and the Woman, based on a novel by Dylan Thomas, written by Vincent Kane and directed by Karl Francis, co-stars Huw Ceredig, Beti Lloyd-Jones and Dafydd Hywel. Dragonslayer is filmed at Dolwyddelan Castle. Broadcasting English-language television Ruth Madoc stars in the hit sitcom Hi-de-Hi! Sport BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Duncan EvansBBC Wales Sport Personality winners https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/20670643 BBC Sport 2 August 2021 Boxing 28 February – Johnny Owen defeats Juan Francisco Rodríguez at Ebbw Vale to win the European bantamweight championship. 28 June – Johnny Owen defeats John Feeny at the Empire Pool, Wembley. 19 September – Johnny Owen fights Lupe Pintor in Los Angeles. Owen is knocked out and goes into a coma from which he never emerges, being pronounced dead on 4 November. Rugby union Fifteen Welsh players are included in the squad of 38 for the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa: Elgan Rees, Ray Gravell, David Richards, Peter Morgan, Gareth Davies, Terry Holmes, Clive Williams, Ian Stephens, Graham Price, Alan Phillips, Allan Martin, Jeff Squire, Stuart Lane, Derek Quinnell and Gareth Powell Williams. 18 October – 1 November: 1980 New Zealand rugby union tour of Wales 1 November: Wales 3–23 New Zealand Snooker 9 February – Terry Griffiths wins the Masters, defeating Ray Reardon in an all-Welsh final.https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/profile-terry-griffiths_sto2207915/story.shtml Profile: Terry Griffiths 3 February 2010 Eurosport 16 May 2019 Births 20 January – Matthew Tuck, vocalist 28 February – Katy Wix, actress 23 March – Ryan Day, snooker player 29 March – Andy Scott-Lee, singer 7 April – Carl Fletcher, footballer 10 April – Daniel Hawksford, actor 12 April – Sara Head, table tennis playerhttps://www.paralympics.org.uk/athletes/sara-head Sara Head ParalympicsGB 3 October 2019 15 April – Stephen Doughty, politicianhttp://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ObjView.asp?Object_ID=24378&Language= PDF Declaration of Result of Poll Acting Returning Officer Cardiff Council 16 November 2012 21 November 2012 29 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200329033042/http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ObjView.asp?Object_ID=24378&Language= dead 26 May – Nick Thomas-Symonds, politician 3 June – Lucy Dickenson, charity founderHarris Sharon 28 May 2020 "Since Lucy died, I haven’t celebrated my birthday" – twin's 40th birthday tribute https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/18480374.since-lucy-died-havent-celebrated-birthday---twins-40th-birthday-tribute/ 22 March 2025 Barry and District News 29 June – Katherine Jenkins, singer 28 July – Noel Sullivan, pop singer 13 August – Bari Morgan, footballer 19 August – Paul Parry, footballer 20 August – Enzo Maccarinelli, boxer 3 November – Elis James, comedian 17 November – Gethin Jenkins, rugby player 16 December – Kevin Aherne-Evans, footballer date unknown – Catrin Finch, harpist Deaths 12 January – Howel Williams, American geologist and volcanologist of Welsh parentage, 81http://www.ccgc.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/geological-gems/geologists-who-changed-the-map/howel-williams.aspx Howel Williams - Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru 2015-05-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131030090311/http://www.ccgc.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/geological-gems/geologists-who-changed-the-map/howel-williams.aspx 2013-10-30 31 January – Arthur "Waring" Bowen, solicitor and charity worker, 57http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101068998/Arthur-Bowen Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Arthur Bowen www.oxforddnb.com 10 September 2017 8 February – Miles Thomas, businessman, 82Peter G. Masefield: Thomas, (William) Miles Webster, Baron Thomas (1897–1980), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press 2004, accessed 15 May 2012 [] 9 February – Tom Macdonald, writer, 79 25 February – Caradog Prichard, author, 75https://biography.wales/article/s10-PRIC-CAR-1904 PRICHARD, CARADOG (1904-1980), novelist and poet Menna Baines Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 2 February 2019 20 March – Alun Davies, historian, 63Alun Davies https://biography.wales/article/s10-DAVI-ALU-1916 Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales Williams Griffith John 20 December 2016 6 May – Bryn Phillips, dual-code rugby international, 79 14 May – Hugh Griffith, actor, 67Roland Turner Janet Podell The Annual Obituary https://books.google.com/books?id=eUoYAAAAIAAJ 1980 St. Martin's 9780312038755 4 June – Don Tarr, Wales international rugby player, 70 7 June – Idwal Davies, footballer, 80Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players Davies Gareth Garland Ian 1991 Bridge Books 1-872424-11-2 42–43 14 July – Aneirin Talfan Davies, critic and broadcaster, 71https://biography.wales/article/s12-DAVI-TAL-1909 Davies, Aneirin Talfan (1909-1980), poet, literary critic, broadcaster and publisher Alan Llwyd Alan Llwyd Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 2 October 2019 15 September – Bill Evans, American jazz pianist of Welsh descent, 51 (drug-related) 7 October – Jim Lewis, footballer, 71 4 November – Johnny Owen, boxer, 24The New York Times Biographical Service https://books.google.com/books?id=ed81AQAAIAAJ July 1980 New York Times & Arno Press 26 November – Rachel Roberts, actress, 53 (suicide)Roland Turner Janet Podell The Annual Obituary https://books.google.com/books?id=eUoYAAAAIAAJ 1980 St. Martin's 729 9780312038755 4 December – James Jones, Archdeacon of Huntingdon, 99 date unknown Cicely Hey, artist Tom Parri Jones, poetMeic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 147 Jack Warner, footballer See also 1980 in Northern Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1980s in Wales Category:1980 in Europe