1963 in Wales

none 1963 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1963 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1963 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Cynan Events February 2 February – Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg holds its historic first protest in Aberystwyth, in the form of a sit-down at Trefechan Bridge. 9 February – The paramilitary Welsh nationalist organisation Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru plants a bomb at the construction site of the Tryweryn reservoir.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-21388585 Tryweryn: 50 years since bombing of reservoir dam BBC 2013-02-10 2013-02-12 date unknown – A record snowfall of nearly 5 ft (1.5m) occurs at Tredegar in Monmouthshire.https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/amazing-pictures-wales-big-freeze-2503045 Amazing pictures of Wales' Big Freeze of 1963 11 December 2013 WalesOnline 30 June 2019 March 6 March – After record freezing weather throughout the winter, it is the first day of the year when there is no frost in Wales.https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2012-12-19/the-winter-when-wales-stood-still The winter when Wales stood still 19 December 2012 ITV News 30 June 2019 28 March – Labour Party candidate Neil McBride wins the Swansea East by-election caused by the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) David Mort. June 28 June – Caerphilly railway works closes.Great Western Railway Caerphilly Locomotive Works http://www.railuk.info/history/gethistory.php?id=612 Rail UK 2014-04-14 2014-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20140415034829/http://www.railuk.info/history/gethistory.php?id=612 dead August August – Mandy Rice-Davies gives evidence at the trial of Stephen Ward, including the famous phrase, "Well, he would, wouldn't he?"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11303169/Mandy-Rice-Davies-obituary.html Mandy Rice-Davies Obituary The Telegraph 29 December 2017https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/dec/19/mandy-rice-davies/ Mandy Rice-Davies Obituary The Guardian 29 December 2017 September 16 September – The Western Mail launches a fund-raising campaign to replace a stained glass window to replace the one shattered in the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, by the Ku Klux Klan on the previous day; the £500 target is reached within days.https://blog.library.wales/the-wales-window-birmingham-alabama/ The Wales window, Birmingham, Alabama National Library of Wales 30 June 2019 Date unknown Dunraven Castle is demolished.https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/southeastwales/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_7952000/7952825.stm BBC – Dunraven Castle – home of legends BBC News 2009-03-19 2011-10-12 Arts and literature The home and cultural centre of Gregynog Hall at Tregynon in Montgomeryshire is given to the University of Wales by owners and art-collectors, Margaret and Gwendoline Davies, granddaughters of Victorian industrialist David Davies. A scientific journal in the Welsh language, Y Gwyddonydd, is launched. The Beatles play at Mold 24 January; Cardiff 27 May; Abergavenny 22 June; Rhyl 19–20 July; and Llandudno 12–17 August. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llandudno) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – withheld National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Tom Parri Jones National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – William Llywelyn Jones New books Kenneth O. Morgan – David Lloyd George, Welsh Radical as World Statesman Bertrand Russell – Essays in Skepticism R. S. Thomas – The Bread of Truth Clough Williams-Ellis – Portmeirion, the Place and its Meaning Music Arwel Hughes – Pantycelyn (oratorio) Daniel Jones – The Knife (opera) Grace Williams – Trumpet Concerto Film Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor star in Cleopatra. Desmond Llewelyn makes his first appearance as "Q" in the James Bond series of films. Rachel Roberts stars in This Sporting Life Jack Howells wins the Academy Award for Dylan Thomas at the 35th Academy Awards in the category of Best Documentary Short. As of 2011 it is the only Welsh film to have won an Oscar. Broadcasting The ITV franchise Wales (West and North) Television (WWN) (also called "Teledu Cymru") becomes the only company in Independent Television history to go bankrupt,The Economist https://books.google.com/books?id=-JZIAAAAYAAJ 1983 Economist Newspaper 54 and is taken over by TWW. Welsh-language television Heno English-language television 23 November – The first episode of BBC's new science fiction series Doctor Who, devised by Welshman Terry Nation, is broadcast.Chapman James Inside the Tardis: The Worlds of Doctor Who I.B.Tauris 2006 1-84511-162-1 25 Sport BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Howard WinstoneBBC Wales Sport Personality winners https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/20670643 BBC Sport 29 July 2021 Births 22 January – Huw Irranca-Davies, politicianValerie Passmore Dod's Parliamentary Companion: Guide to the General Election, 2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=XhMWAQAAIAAJ 2005 Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited 978-0-905702-57-5 27 April – Russell T Davies, television screenwriterAdam Pearson 101 Interesting Facts on Doctor Who: Learn About the Science-Fiction TV Show https://books.google.com/books?id=K6O5BAAAQBAJ&pg=PP17 18 August 2014 Andrews UK Limited 978-1-910295-80-9 17 14 May – Andrew Lewis, composer 8 June – Louise Jones, cyclist 15 June – Nigel Walker, athlete and rugby player 28 June – Peter Baynham, comedian 10 July – Ian Lougher, motorcycle racer August – Rebecca Evans, operatic soprano 15 August (in Wolverhampton) – Simon Hart, politician, Secretary of State for Wales 12 September – Julie Roberts (artist), painterGrant Catherine M. Roberts, Julie https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000097390 Grove Art Online 28 September 2001 21 February 2021 19 October – Phil Davies, rugby union player 1 November – Mark Hughes, footballer and football manager 28 November – Charles Dale, television actor 7 December – Mark Bowen, footballer 16 December – Hugh Morris, cricketer 19 December – Paul Rhys, actor 28 December – Simon Thomas, politician Deaths 1 January – David Mort, Labour MP for Swansea East, 74 11 January – Philippa Powys, novelist, 76John Cowper Powys Philippa Powys The letters of John Cowper Powys to Philippa Powys https://books.google.com/books?id=pzNbAAAAMAAJ 1996 C. Woolf 978-0-900821-51-6 20 13 March – Margaret Davies, philanthropist, 78D. Ben Rees Vehicles of Grace and Hope: Welsh Missionaries in India, 1800-1970 https://books.google.com/books?id=8rMKm-Ee1dYC&pg=PA25 2002 William Carey Library 978-0-87808-505-7 24 15 January – Morgan Phillips, politician, 6035513 John Saville John Saville Phillips, Morgan Walter 15 March – William Cove, politician, 74 28 March – Alec Templeton, composer, pianist and satirist, 52https://www.nytimes.com/1963/03/29/archives/alec-templeton-blind-pianist-is-dead-in-connecticut-at-52-he-won.html Alec Templeton, Blind Pianist, Is Dead in Connecticut at 52; He Won Success as Serious Artist and as Innovator-- Skilled as Improviser Self-Pity Excluded Moves to London A Skilled Improviser New York Times 29 March 1963 18 November 2021 15 April – Edward V. Robertson, US senator, 81 25 May – William Lewis, chemist 17 June – John Cowper Powys, novelist, 90Herbert Williams John Cowper Powys https://books.google.com/books?id=QThbAAAAMAAJ 1997 Seren 978-1-85411-196-8 156 29 July – Frank Moody, British boxing champion, 62Encyclopaedia of Boxing https://books.google.com/books?id=3BKCAAAAMAAJ 1979 R. Hale 978-0-7091-7745-6 165 11 September – William Richard Williams, civil servant and politician, 68 26 September Goronwy Owen, politician, 82Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died https://books.google.com/books?id=5YkUAQAAIAAJ 1981 A. & C. Black 978-0-7136-3336-8 297 Olive Wheeler, educationalist, 77 1 October – Tal Harris, Wales international rugby player, 61 11 October – Emlyn Garner Evans, lawyer and politician, 53Who's who of British Members of Parliament: 1945-1979 https://books.google.com/books?id=r73XAAAAMAAJ 1981 Harvester Press 111 9780855273354 26 October – Horace Evans, royal physician, 60G. H. Brown Richard Robertson Trail Gordon Ethelbert Ward Wolstenholme Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London https://books.google.com/books?id=vAtPAQAAIAAJ 1968 Royal College of Physicians 123 16 December – Llewellyn Evans, Olympic hockey player, 84 20 December – Reg Skrimshire, Wales and British Lions rugby union player, 85 26 December – Gwynn Parry Jones, singer, 72 30 December – Rees Williams, footballer, 63 See also 1963 in Northern Ireland Notes Wales Category:1963 in Europe Category:1960s in Wales