1975 in Wales

none 1975 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1975 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1975 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Secretary of State for Wales – John MorrisMorris of Aberavon, Baron, (John Morris) (born Nov. 1931) https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-28179 2021-05-05 WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO 2007 en 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u28179 978-0-19-954088-4 Archbishop of Wales – Gwilym Williams, Bishop of Bangorhttps://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/8-june/books-arts/book-reviews/welsh-golden-age-that-never-came Archbishop Gwilym Owen Williams — "G. O.": His life and opinions by D. T. W. Price David Wilbourne 8 June 2018 Church Times 6 May 2022 Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Brinli (outgoing)Meic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 523 978-0-19-211586-7 Bryn (incoming)Dillwyn Miles The Secret of the Bards of the Isle of Britain https://books.google.com/books?id=DJZiAAAAMAAJ 1992 Gwasg Dinefwr Press 978-0-9519926-0-9 193 Events 20 March - Opening of the Cleddau Bridge at Milford Haven.Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report https://books.google.com/books?id=nZeNmI0JrnkC 1994 H.M. Stationery Office 978-0-10-681251-6 14 April - Actor/singer Michael Flanders dies suddenly of an intracranial berry aneurysm while on holiday in Betws-y-Coed.Meyer, Michael, "Flanders, Michael Henry (1922–1975)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 3 May 2013 May - A leak from the Esso Tenby tanker off the coast of Pembrokeshire kills an estimated 1,300 seabirds.https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/statistics-and-research/2019-05/021201-dws-2002-chapter-5-ency.pdf Digest of Welsh Statistics 1 7 May 2022 28 July - Eight people are injured when a train is derailed between Sarnau and St Clears. 19 November - The Wales national football team qualifies for the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 1976, beating Austria 1-0 in Wrexham. date unknown - The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust is established.https://ggat.org.uk/cms/who-we-are/ Glamorgan Gwent Archaeology is part of Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology GGAT 17 August 2024 Arts and literature Ryan and Ronnie announce the end of their comedy partnership. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Criccieth) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Gerallt Lloyd Owenhttps://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/2023931#?xywh=-698%2C0%2C3078%2C2473 Enillydd y Gadair, Gerallt Lloyd Owen, Eisteddfod Bro Dwyfor 1975 Peoples Collection Wales 15 April 2025 National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Elwyn Robertshttps://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/2023916#?xywh=0%2C-82%2C2203%2C1771 Enillydd y Goron Elwyn Roberts, Eisteddfod Bro Dwyfor 1975 Peoples Collection Wales 15 April 2025 National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld New books English language Gwynfor Evans - National Future for Wales Jeremy Hooker - Soliloquies of a Chalk Giant Emyr Humphries - Flesh and Blood Joseph Jenkins - Diary of a Welsh Swagman (posthumous)Joseph Jenkins William Evans Diary of a Welsh Swagman, 1869-1894 https://books.google.com/books?id=8xVCPgAACAAJ 1977 Sun Books 978-0-7251-0246-3 Richard Llewellyn - Green, Green, My Valley Now Moelwyn Merchant - Breaking the Codehttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-the-rev-professor-w-moelwyn-merchant-1259416.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-the-rev-professor-w-moelwyn-merchant-1259416.html 15 May 2022 subscription live Obituary: The Rev Professor W. Moelwyn Merchant 3 May 1997 David Shaw Paul Merchant The Independent 9 October 2019 Prys Morgan - Iolo Morganwg Bernice Rubens - I Sent a Letter to My Love Peter Tinniswood - Except You're a Bird Rhydwen Williams - The Angry Vineyardhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-rhydwen-williams-1244189.html%3famp Obituary: Rhydwen Williams Independent.co.uk 22 October 2011 Welsh language Aneirin Talfan Davies - Diannerch Erchwyn a Cherddi EraillLlên Cymru https://books.google.com/books?id=GAQIAQAAIAAJ 2004 Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru 115 T. Glynne Davies - Marged Richard Cyril Hughes - Catrin o FerainThe New Beacon https://books.google.com/books?id=TbBIAAAAYAAJ 1985 Royal National Institute for the Blind 219 T. Llew Jones - Tân ar y CominDaniel Hahn Michael Morpurgo The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature https://books.google.com/books?id=Mb66BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA314 2015 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-969514-0 314– Alan Llwyd - Edrych Trwy Wydrau LledrithGlyn Jones John Rowlands Profiles: a visitors' guide to writing in twentieth century Wales Gomer 1980 9780850887136 185 Marged Pritchard - Gwylanod ar y MynyddMeic Stephens The Oxford companion to the literature of Wales https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00meic registration April 1986 Oxford University Press 494 978-0-19-211586-7 Gwyn Thomas - Y Pethau Diwethaf a Phethau EraillAlfred Owen Hughes Jarman Gwilym Rees Hughes Dafydd Johnston A Guide to Welsh Literature: c. 1900-1996 https://books.google.com/books?id=foThAAAAMAAJ 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1424-1 140 New drama W. S. Jones - Y Toblarôn Saunders Lewis - Dwy Briodas AnnIoan M. Williams A Straitened Stage: A Study of the Theatre of J. Saunders Lewis https://books.google.com/books?id=M45iAAAAMAAJ 1 January 1991 Seren Books 978-1-85411-043-5 203 Music Max Boyce - We All Had Doctors' PapersLawrence Goldman Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008 https://books.google.com/books?id=nbGcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA616 7 March 2013 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-967154-0 616 Edward H. Dafis - Ffordd Newydd Eingl-Americanaidd Grêt o FywSarah Hill 'Blerwytirhwng?' The Place of Welsh Pop Music https://books.google.com/books?id=rCgxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT83 5 July 2017 Taylor & Francis 978-1-351-57345-0 83 Dave Edmunds - Subtle As A Flying MalletMike Clifford The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock https://books.google.com/books?id=zGsZAQAAIAAJ 1986 Harmony Books 978-0-517-56264-2 75 Andy Fairweather-Low - La Booga Rooga, album featuring the top ten hit single "Wide Eyed and Legless"Christgau Robert Robert Christgau 1981 Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies Ticknor & Fields 089919026X Consumer Guide '70s: L https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=L&bk=70 March 1, 2019 robertchristgau.com Film Rachel Roberts appears in Picnic at Hanging Rock. Ken Loach's Days of Hope is partly set in Wales. Welsh-language films None Broadcasting Welsh-language television The Siberry Report recommends a new Welsh-language fourth channel broadcasting 25 hours a week of Welsh-language programmes, with BBC and HTV each responsible for 50% of the output.David Maxwell Barlow Tom O'Malley Philip Mitchell The media in Wales: voices of a small nation https://books.google.com/books?id=ezhiAAAAMAAJ 2005 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1840-9 137 Llon a Llywd with Olween Rees Bilidowcar with Marged Esli Pili Pala with Myfanwy Talog English-language television Grand Slam, starring Hugh Griffith and Windsor Davies How Green Was My Valley adapted for television by Elaine Morgan, starring Stanley Baker, Sian Phillips, Mike Gwilym, Nerys Hughes and Gareth Thomas. Angharad Rees stars in Poldark. Sport Boxing – Pat Thomas wins the British Welterweight title. Darts – Wales win the Home International Series. Football – The Wales national football team qualifies for the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 1976. Snooker – Ray Reardon wins his fourth World Championship title.https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/profile-ray-reardon_sto2189453/story.shtml Profile: Ray Reardon 2 March 2010 Eurosport 16 May 2019 Arfon Griffiths wins BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year.BBC Wales Sport Personality winners BBC Sport https://www.bbc.com/sport/wales/20670643 29 July 2021 Births 12 March - Richard Harrington, actorhttp://www.s4c.cymru/en/entertainment/dal-ati/page/144/merthyr-tydfil/ Dal Ati 18 December 2019 18 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191218193658/http://www.s4c.cymru/en/entertainment/dal-ati/page/144/merthyr-tydfil/ dead 21 March - Mark Williams, snooker player 5 April - John Hartson, footballer 16 April - Euros Childs, alternative rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist 22 May - Kelly Morgan, badminton player 18 June - Jem, hip-hop singer-songwriter 24 July - Dafydd James, rugby player 4 September - Kai Owen, actor 26 September - Dai Thomas, footballer 19 October - Jamie Donaldson, golfer 28 October - Adrian Durston, rugby player 5 November - Lisa Scott-Lee, pop singerLarkin Colin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 27 May 2011 Omnibus Press 978-0-85712-595-8 1959 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music/_NNmFiUnSmUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA8-PA1959&printsec=frontcover en 25 November - Paul Mealor, composer date unknown - Cynan Jones, novelist Deaths 14 February - Arthur Probert, politician, 67Labour Party (Great Britain) Report of the Annual Conference https://books.google.com/books?id=l2AuAAAAMAAJ 1974 Labour Representation Committee 23 February - Ossie Male, rugby player, 81 3 March - T. H. Parry-Williams, poet, 87http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37835 Williams, Sir Thomas Herbert Parry- (1887–1975) Evans Ellis 2004 10.1093/ref:odnb/37835 Ellis Evans 2007-07-25 15 March - Edward James, cricketer, 78 6 April - Tom Morgan, cricketer, 81 23 April - Pete Ham, musician, leader of the group Badfinger (suicide), 27Joseph Murrells The Book of Golden Discs https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr registration 1978 Barrie and Jenkins 978-0-214-20480-7 24 April - Stephen Halden Beattie, recipient of the Victoria Cross, 67Who was who https://books.google.com/books?id=HT4OAQAAMAAJ 1971 A. & C. Black 9780312877460 21 May - A. H. Dodd, historian, 83Archaeologia Cambrensis: The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association https://books.google.com/books?id=Iy0oAQAAIAAJ 1976 W. Pickering 137 7 June - Jack Smith, footballer, 63 8 July - T. G. E. Powell, archaeologist, 592009 Powell, Thomas George Eyre https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199534043.001.0001/acref-9780199534043-e-3308 Darvill Timothy Timothy Darvill The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199534043.001.0001/acref-9780199534043 2 Oxford University Press 10.1093/acref/9780199534043.001.0001 9780191727139 7 August - Jim Griffiths, politician, 84Labour Party (Great Britain) Report of the Annual Conference https://books.google.com/books?id=l2AuAAAAMAAJ 1974 Labour Representation Committee 27 August - Noel Morgan, cricketer, 69 4 September - Walley Barnes, footballer and broadcaster, 55 5 October - Will Davies, rugby player, 69 6 November - Norman Riches, cricketer 10 November - Emrys Davies, cricketer, 71 18 December - R. Ifor Parry, minister, teacher and philanthropist, 67s7-PARR-IFO-1908 Parry, Robert Ivor (1908-1975), minister (Cong.) and school teacher Ioan Wyn Gruffydd 19 December 2019 date unknown Robert Herring, poet and critic, 72James Donald Anne Friedberg Laura Marcus Close Up: Cinema And Modernism https://books.google.com/books?id=Ab3uuMSY3mQC&pg=PA316 1 January 1998 A&C Black 978-0-304-33516-9 316 Alun Jeremiah Jones (Alun Cilie), poetMeic Stephens The new companion to the literature of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=WoMYAAAAIAAJ 23 September 1998 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1383-1 Huw Lloyd Edwards, dramatist See also 1975 in Northern Ireland References Wales Wales Category:1975 in Europe Category:1970s in Wales