1991 in Wales

none 1991 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1991 to Wales and its people. Incumbents United Kingdom incumbents 1991 in the United Kingdom#Incumbents Secretary of State for Wales – David Hunthttps://members.parliament.uk/member/994/career Lord Hunt of Wirral UK Parliament 31 May 2022 Archbishop of Wales George Noakes, Bishop of St David's (retired)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4374198.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20100523101347/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4374198.ece dead May 23, 2010 The Right Rev George Noakes: Archbishop of Wales, 1987-1991 22 July 2008 Times, The (London) 27 July 2008 Alwyn Rice Jones, Bishop of St Asaphhttp://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2866732.ece The Right Rev Alwyn Rice Jones The Independent 16 August 2007 Barry Morgan 31 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20071001000228/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2866732.ece 1 October 2007 dead Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Ap LlysorMeic Stephens Necrologies: A Book of Welsh Obituaries https://books.google.com/books?id=XUIqAQAAMAAJ 2008 Seren 978-1-85411-476-1 221 Events 6 January - A Maltese tanker, the Kimya, capsizes off the Anglesey coast. Ten crew members are drowned, and the ship's cargo of sunflower oil causes marine pollution.I. W. Duedall Second International Ocean Pollution Symposium, Beijing, China, 4-8 October, 1993 https://books.google.com/books?id=xoth-ui5AgIC&pg=PA127 1995 CRC Press 978-2-88449-050-4 127 January - Two Welsh soldiers are among those killed in the first Gulf War. 4 April - Peter Hain is elected as MP for Neath in a by-election caused by the death of the sitting MP, Donald Coleman.https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/feb/10/weekend.kevintoolis Hain's world 10 February 2001 Kevin Toolis The Guardian 19 April 2019 16 May - Huw Edwards is elected as MP for Monmouth in a by-election caused by the death of the sitting MP, Sir John Stradling Thomas. 23 May - A memorial to Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd is dedicated at Kidwelly Castle.http://cadw.wales.gov.uk/docs/cadw/publications/Gwenllian_EN.pdf Gwenllian Cadw 2017-12-24 2013-10-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20131023171315/http://cadw.wales.gov.uk/docs/cadw/publications/Gwenllian_EN.pdf dead 19 July - Dean Saunders, 27-year-old Welsh international striker, becomes the most expensive player to be signed by a British club when a £2.9 million fee takes him from Derby County to Liverpool, who have broken the record fee in British football for the third time in four years.https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7044 Dean Saunders Soccerbase Racing Post 2017-12-24 2007-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20071001011044/http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=7044 live 31 August–3 September - Cardiff Ely Bread Riots: A dispute between two shopkeepers escalates into four consecutive nights of rioting in the Ely district of Cardiff.Peter Cruchley-Jones Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land?: A Missiological Interpretation of the Ely Pastorate Churches, Cardiff https://books.google.com/books?id=ZY_YAAAAMAAJ 2001 P. Lang 978-3-631-37196-1 75 16 October - Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs, who turns 18 at the end of the following month, becomes the youngest full international for the Welsh national team against Germany in Nuremberg.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/6703359.stm Giggs ends international career BBC 2007-05-30 2017-12-24 21 October - Welshman Eric Jones is one of a team of four who make the first hot-air balloon flight over Mount Everest.Medd Guinness Guin: Book of Records '93 https://books.google.com/books?id=oqoOYFaIIigC October 1992 Guinness World Records Limited 978-0-85112-978-5 131 25 October - Official opening of Conwy Crossing (immersed tube tunnel) to road traffic as part of A55 Conwy Bypass. 8 November - Penallta Colliery closes.D. S. M. Barrie South Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=nHxdAAAAIAAJ 1994 David St. John Thomas, an imprint of Thomas & Lochar 978-0-946537-69-3 138 date unknown - The Welsh Office proposes an M4 relief road between Magor and Castleton.https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/4496647.M4_RELIEF_ROAD__Timeline/ South Wales Argus M4 Relief Road: Timeline 2009-07-16 2017-12-24 Arts and literature August - Simultaneous translation facilities are made available for the first time at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. 1 September - Cantorion Colin Jones is founded in Wrexham. The first Pacific Northwest Welsh Weekend is held at Seattle. Wyn Calvin becomes the first Welshman to be elected King Rat of the Order of Water Rats. Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Mold, with record attendance of 164,100) National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Robin Llwyd ab Owain, "Merch Ein Amserau" (The Girl of Our Times)https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair Winners of the Chair National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 22 November 2019 13 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204407/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-chair dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Einir Jones, "Pelydrau"https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners Winners of the Crown National Eisteddfod of Wales 17 November 2019 22 November 2019 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194429/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/crown-winners dead National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Angharad Tomos, Si Hei Lwlihttps://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-prose-medal Winners of the Prose Medal National Eisteddfod of Wales 7 November 2019 7 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191107194428/https://eisteddfod.wales/archive/eisteddfod-winners/winners-prose-medal dead Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - withheldhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/eisteddfod/2010/safle/canllaw/gwybodaeth/tudalen/eisteddfodau_gorffennol_gwobrgoffa.shtml Enillwyr Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen cy BBC Cymru 24 November 2019 New books English language A Cardiff AnthologyMeic 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 4 Phil Rickman - CandlenightPhil Rickman Candlenight https://books.google.com/books?id=T2qOW7nN_PsC&pg=PT7 29 October 2011 Atlantic Books 978-0-85789-688-9 7 Welsh language Robat Arwyn & Robin Llwyd ab Owain - Gwin BeaujolaisRobat Arwyn Robin Llwyd Ab Owain Gwin Beaujolais https://books.google.com/books?id=3iHSPQAACAAJ 15 August 2010 Y Lolfa 978-0-86243-249-2 Pennar Davies - Gwas y GwaredwrM. Wynn Thomas Corresponding Cultures: The Two Literatures of Wales https://books.google.com/books?id=OIwfAQAAIAAJ 1999 University of Wales Press 978-0-7083-1531-6 264 Glyn Tegai Hughes - Daniel Owen a Natur y NofelCeltic Culture: A-Celti https://books.google.com/books?id=f899xH_quaMC&pg=PA1903 2006 ABC-CLIO 978-1-85109-440-0 1903 Saunders Lewis - Williams Pantycelyn (new ed.)Geraint Evans Helen Fulton The Cambridge History of Welsh Literature https://books.google.com/books?id=Dm2MDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA332 18 April 2019 Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-10676-5 332 Prys Morgan - Brad y Llyfrau Gleisionhttps://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/printed-material/thebluebooks/ The Blue Books of 1847 National Library of Wales 6 October 2019 8 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190808152724/https://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/printed-material/thebluebooks/ dead Music Datblygu - Blwch Tymer TymorDavid R Edwards Atgofion Hen Wanc https://books.google.com/books?id=SWg3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65 15 August 2013 Y Lolfa 978-1-84771-621-7 65 Y Cyrff - Llawenydd Heb Ddiwedd (album)Sarah Hill 'Blerwytirhwng?' The Place of Welsh Pop Music https://books.google.com/books?id=rCgxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT201 5 July 2017 Taylor & Francis 978-1-351-57345-0 201 Bonnie Tyler - Bitterblue (album)Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=RA14-PA1963 27 May 2011 Omnibus Press 978-0-85712-595-8 14 Film Welsh-language films Elenya Un Nos Ola Leuad Broadcasting English-language television Joshua Jones (children's programme made by S4C) Catherine Zeta-Jones makes her first appearance in The Darling Buds of May. Welsh-language television Gemau Heb Ffiniau Sport BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Ian WoosnamBBC Wales Sport Personality winners BBC Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/20670643 2 August 2021 Football 5 June - Wales defeat Germany in the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying tournament. Golf - Ian Woosnam wins the US Masters at Augusta, Georgia, becoming the first Welshman to win a major tournament. Rugby union - Neil Jenkins plays his first rugby match for Wales, at the age of 19. Births 21 January - Craig Roberts, actor 28 January - Ffion Bowen, rugby union winger 3 February - Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, racing driver 4 February - Fred Evans, boxer 28 March - David Cornell, footballer 12 April - Ashley Jazz Richards, footballerhttp://www.swanseacity.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10354~46702,00.html First Team Swansea City A.F.C. 20 August 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090505052138/http://www.swanseacity.net/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10354~46702%2C00.html 5 May 2009 24 May - Aled Davies, paralympian field athlete (throwing events) 5 July - Michael White, snooker player 10 August - Amy Dowden, dancerhttps://www.smoothradio.com/features/amy-dowden-age-height-boyfriend-strictly/ Who is Amy Dowden? Strictly Come Dancing star's age, height, career and more facts 27 October 2018 Smooth Radio 29 October 2018 23 August - Laura O'Sullivan, footballer (goalkeeper) 3 October - Jenny McLoughlin, athlete 20 October - Nathaniel Jarvis, footballer 29 November - Becky James, track racing cyclist Deaths 14 January - Donald Coleman, politician, 65https://biography.wales/article/s6-COLE-RIC-1925 Coleman, Donald Richard (1925—1991), Labour politician John Graham Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 10 March 2019 30 January - Rhys Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran, politician, 83 10 February - Rowe Harding, rugby player, 89 19 February - Tom Rees, Wales international rugby player, 77 18 March - Robert Roland Hughes, neurologist, 79/80The Medical Directory ...: London, Provinces, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Abroad, Navy, Army & Air Force https://books.google.com/books?id=-AAgAQAAMAAJ 1992 Churchill Livingstone xi 24 March - Maudie Edwards, actress and singer, 84https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb4c34f https://web.archive.org/web/20160406155941/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb4c34f dead April 6, 2016 Maudie Edwards BFI 10 March 2019 29 March - John Stradling Thomas, politician, 65https://biography.wales/article/s6-THOM-STR-1925 Thomas, John Stradling (1925-1991), Conservative politician John Graham Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 November 2019 July - Evan Roberts, conservationist 12 August - Edward George Bowen, CBE, physicist, 80DK Milne Parkes: Thirty Years of Radio Astronomy https://books.google.com/books?id=nJ1I9pkRISIC&pg=PT10 1 January 1994 Csiro Publishing 978-0-643-10594-2 10 23 August - Innes Lloyd, TV producer, 66 26 August - John Petts, artist, 77https://biography.wales/article/s12-PETT-JOH-1914 Petts, Ronald John (1914-1991), artist Morfudd Nia Jones Dictionary of Welsh Biography National Library of Wales 22 November 2019 31 August - Idwal Rees, Wales rugby union captain, 81 October - Seymour Morris, footballer, 78 13 October - Donald Houston, actor, 67Deborah Andrews Annual Obituary, 1991 https://books.google.com/books?id=l3hO28Q2cwsC 1992 St. James Press 978-1-55862-175-6 631 5 November - Gwenlyn Parry, dramatist, 59Roger Owen Gwenlyn Parry https://books.google.com/books?id=9IivBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA30 15 September 2013 University of Wales Press 978-1-78316-577-3 30 15 December - Ray Smith, actor, 55 22 December - Jim Lang, Wales rugby union player, 82 References See also 1991 in Northern Ireland Category:1991 in Europe Wales Category:1990s in Wales