1969 in Wales

none 1969 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1969 to Wales and its people. Incumbents Secretary of State for Wales – George Thomas Archbishop of Wales – Glyn Simon, Bishop of LlandaffWho was who https://books.google.com/books?id=HT4OAQAAMAAJ 1971 A. & C. Black 728 978-0-312-87746-0 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales E. Gwyndaf Evans (outgoing)Reference Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=-j0ro22GZU8C 1994 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1234-6 Tilsli (incoming)Meic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 589 978-0-19-211586-7 Events 1 April – Registration of births and deaths in the Welsh language is allowed for the first time.Halsbury's Statutes of England https://books.google.com/books?id=EYNQAQAAIAAJ 1985 Butterworths 978-0-406-04323-8 May – Deep mining of slate at Oakeley Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, ceases.Candles to Caplamps: the Story of Gloddfa Ganol J. G. Isherwood Gloddfa Ganol 1980 22 May – Engineer Morien Morgan becomes Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, Hampshire, having been knighted in the New Year Honours.Flight International https://books.google.com/books?id=zn07AAAAMAAJ January 1969 IPC Transport Press Limited 1 June – The South Wales Constabulary is created by merging the police forces of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil. 11 June – The Prince of Wales' (now Charles III) new standard is flown for the first time. 20 June – Llandudno Cable Car opened, the longest gondola lift system in the UK. 30 June – Two members of the Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (Movement for the Defence of Wales) are killed whilst placing a bomb outside government offices in Abergele in an attempt to disrupt the following day's events.http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-politics/welsh-politics-news/2008/11/20/militants-key-role-in-coming-of-devolution-left-ignored-deliberately-91466-22299413/ Martin Shipton 'Militants' key role in coming of devolution left ignored deliberately' WalesOnline 2008-11-20 2010-07-22 1 July The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) is invested with his title at Caernarfon Castle.John S. Ellis Investiture: Royal Ceremony and National Identity in Wales, 1911-1969 https://books.google.com/books?id=CiQTAQAAIAAJ 2008 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-2000-6https://www.thehindu.com/archives/from-the-archives-july-2-1969-charles-crowned-prince-of-wales/article28251520.ece From the Archives (July 2, 1969): Charles crowned Prince of Wales 2019-07-02 The Hindu 2019-07-02 en-IN 0971-751Xhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2019/07/01/prince-charles-celebrates-50th-anniversary-investiture-prince/ Prince Charles celebrates 50th anniversary of investiture as Prince of Wales - with cake Furness Hannah 2019-07-01 The Telegraph 2019-07-02 en-GB 0307-1235 Six members of the Free Wales Army are convicted in Swansea of public order and firearms offences; three are imprisoned. 3 July – Swansea is granted city status. 25 July – The Development of Tourism Act 1969 paves the way for creation of the Wales Tourist Board. 22 August – Closure of Dinorwic slate quarry. November – Clashes between police and anti-apartheid protesters occur when the touring South African rugby team play Swansea.Martin Polley Moving the Goalposts: A History of Sport and Society in Britain since 1945 https://books.google.com/books?id=OzpKIiMW1GEC&pg=PA31 11 September 2002 Routledge 978-1-134-76688-8 31 A silent protest takes place at an Ebbw Vale match. December – Serious damage at Lluest-wen Reservoir requires emergency evacuation and repairs. Arts and literature Dafydd Iwan co-founds Sain Recordiau Cyf, which would become the major Welsh-language record label. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Flint) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – James Nicholas National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Dafydd Rowlands National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Emyr Jones New books Glyn Mills Ashton – Angau yn y Crochan Pennar Davies – Meibion Darogan Rhys Davies – Print of a Hare's Foot T. Glynne Davies – Hedydd yn yr Haul R. F. Delderfield – Come Home, Charlie, and Face Them Raymond Garlick – A Sense of Europe Glyn Jones – The Dragon Has Two Tongues T. J. Morgan – Dydd y Farn Ac Ysgrifau Eraill Dennis Selby – Sanctity: or There's No Such Thing as a Naked Sailor John Griffith Williams – Pigau'r Sêr Drama Urien Wiliam – Cawl Cennin Poetry John Fitzgerald – Cadwyn Cenedl D. Gwenallt Jones – Y Coed Gwilym R. Jones – Cerddi John Ormond – Requiem and Celebration Penguin Book of Welsh Verse Music Albums Amen Corner – Explosive Company (album) Blonde on Blonde – Contrasts (album) Man – 2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle Singles Huw Jones – Dŵr ("Water") (protest song) Classical music Jeffrey Lewis – Mutations I Mansel Thomas – Mini-Variations on a Welsh Theme David Wynne – Cymric Rhapsody no. 2 Film English-language films Richard Burton stars in Anne of the Thousand Days. Hywel Bennett stars in The Virgin Soldiers. Broadcasting Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) publishes a pamphlet entitled Broadcasting in Wales: To Enrich or Destroy Our National Life? English-language television Philip Madoc has roles in Manhunt!, The Avengers, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Champions and The Detective, among others. Welsh-language television Miri Mawr (children's) Sport BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Tony LewisBBC Wales Sport Personality winners BBC Sport 10 December 2012 https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/20670643 29 July 2021 Cricket – Glamorgan win the County Championship. Rugby union – Wales win the Five Nations Championship and take the Triple Crown. football – Cardiff City win the Welsh Cup. Births 6 January – Nicholas A'Hern, race walker 20 January – Nicky Wire, musician 5 February – Michael Sheen, actor((Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events)) Chases Calendar of Events, 2012 Edition https://books.google.com/books?id=9ssdhFLtb_MC 14 October 2011 McGraw Hill Professional 978-0-07-176673-9 117 10 February – Francesca Rhydderch, novelist and academic 13 February – Gareth Abraham, footballer 21 February – James Dean Bradfield, musicianGraham Betts Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006 https://books.google.com/books?id=FAo5AQAAIAAJ 2006 Collins 978-0-00-720077-1 522 24 February – Gareth Llewellyn, rugby player 1 March – Dafydd Ieuan, musician 11 April – Cerys Matthews, singerEuropa Europa Publications International Who's Who in Popular Music 2008 https://books.google.com/books?id=NYUnAQAAIAAJ 2008 Routledge 978-1-85743-454-5 205 4 June – Julie Gardner, television producer 26 July – Tanni Grey-Thompson, born Carys Grey, wheelchair athlete 4 August – Tony Roberts, footballer 4 September – Sasha, DJ and record producerhttps://books.google.com/books?id=crs7AQAAIAAJ The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music Larkin Colin 2000 Virgin 9780753504277 London 340 en 8 September – Gary Speed, footballer and national manager (died 2011) 25 September – Catherine Zeta-Jones, actresshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8449695/Catherine-Zeta-Jones-a-profile.html Catherine Zeta Jones: a profile The Daily Telegraph 13 April 2011 7 February 2013 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120617055050/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8449695/Catherine-Zeta-Jones-a-profile.html 17 June 2012 8 October – David Abruzzese, footballer 23 October – Chris Fry, footballer 6 December – Anthony Davies, snooker player date unknown – Dyfed Wyn-Evans, operatic baritone Deaths 20 January – Roy Evans, footballer, 25 (car crash) 3 February – Trevor Thomas, dual-code rugby player, 61 14 February – Ernest Roberts, judge, 78https://biography.wales/article/s2-ROBE-GOO-1890 Roberts, Sir Ernest Handforth Goodman (1890-1969), judge Evan David Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 2 July 2019 10 March – Jimmy Wilde, boxer, 76Peter Stead Gareth Williams Wales and Its Boxers: The Fighting Tradition https://books.google.com/books?id=emMNAQAAMAAJ 2008 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1915-4 70 18 March – Llewellyn Alston, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 78 20 March – Arthur E. Powell, Theosophist writer, 86 26 March (in Australia) – Elizabeth Williams Berry, jockey of Welsh parentage, 114https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23804804/mother_berry_obit_billings_gazette_1969/ Mother Berry Dies at 114 27 March 1969 The Billings Gazette 6 July 2019 Newspapers.com https://web.archive.org/web/20190706235346/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23804804/mother_berry_obit_billings_gazette_1969/ 6 July 2019 live 27 March – David Lloyd, tenor, 56https://biography.wales/article/s2-LLOY-GEO-1912 Lloyd, David George (1912-1969), singer Huw Williams Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 2 July 2019 31 March – Percy Jones, Wales international rugby player, 82 5 April – Mal Griffiths, footballer, 50 15 April John Davies, dual code rugby player, 28 (heart attack)https://www.dewsburyrams.co.uk/2020/06/08/when-derby-victory-was-marred-by-tragedy-by-david-hyomes/ When derby victory was marred by tragedy David Hyomes Dewsbury Rams 12 February 2021 Cowboy Morgan Evans, Texan rodeo rider of Welsh descent, 66 20 April – Watkin Roberts, missionary, 82Conley, Joseph F. (2000), Drumbeats that Changed the World: A History of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union and the West Indies Mission, 1873-1999 (William Carey Library), p. 507 4 May – Albert Stock, Wales international rugby player, 72 7 May – Stan Awbery, trade unionist and politician, 80Michael Stenton Who's who of British Members of Parliament: A Biographical Dictionary of the House of Commons Based on Annual Volumes of Dod's Parliamentary Companion and Other Sources https://books.google.com/books?id=r73XAAAAMAAJ 1976 Harvester Press 978-0-85527-335-4 11 21 May – Ben Beynon, Welsh rugby union international and Swansea Town player, 75http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/2592.html Ben Beynon player profile ESPN Scrum.com 23 May – Sir Evan Owen Williams, English-born Welsh engineer, 79 28 May – Rhys Williams, actor, 71Ellenberger Allan R. Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory 2001 McFarland 9780786450190 101 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA101 18 July 2017 en 7 July – William David Davies, theologian, 72https://biography.wales/article/s2-DAVI-DAV-1897 Davies, William David [P.] (1897-1969), minister (Presb.), college tutor and author Gomer Morgan Roberts Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 25 December 2019 26 July – Noel Hopkins, clergyman and organist, 77The Times, Tuesday, 29 Jul 1969; pg. 8; Issue 57624; col G Obituary The Very Rev. N.T. Hopkins 12 August – Air Commodore James Bevan Bowen, RAF officer, 86Obituary (Obituaries) The Times Saturday, 16 Aug 1969; pg. 12; Issue 57640; col G 19 August – Percy Thomas, architect, 85https://biography.wales/article/s2-THOM-EDW-1883 Thomas, Sir Percy Edward (1883-1969), architect and planning consultant Norman Percy Thomas Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 2 July 2019 1 October – Dai Richards, footballer, 62Matthews Tony Birmingham City: A Complete Record Breedon Books 1995 978-1-85983-010-9 Derby 119 5 October – Sir Edward John Davies, judge in colonial service, 71"Davies, Sir (Edward) John", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 3 April 2018. 15 October – Charlie Phillips, footballer, 59Matthews Tony Birmingham City: A Complete Record 1995 Breedon Books Derby 117–18 978-1-85983-010-9 18 October – Emrys Hughes, politician, 75https://biography.wales/article/s2-HUGH-DAN-1894 Hughes, Emrys (1884-1969), politician, journalist and author John Graham Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 2 July 2019 11 November – Robert Thomas Jenkins, historian, 88https://biography.wales/article/s2-JENK-THO-1881 Jenkins, Robert Thomas (1881–1969), historian, man of letters, editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography Williams John Gwynn Dictionary of Welsh Biography 2007 National Library of Wales 19 February 2009 21 November – D. B. Wyndham-Lewis, author, 78 7 December Bill Roberts, Wales international rugby union player, 60 (in London) Hugh Williams, dramatist, 65 20 December – Eleanor Evans, actress, singer and director, 76Stone, David. "Robert Gibson", https://web.archive.org/web/20091001180956/http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas///whowaswho/G/GibsonRobert.htm 1 October 2009 Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 26 August 2007, accessed 26 November 2009 See also 1969 in Northern Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1969 in Europe Category:1960s in Wales