1933 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1933 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King George V
- Princess of Wales - vacant
- Archbishop of Wales - Alfred George Edwards
[edit] Events
- 28 March - Rhondda East by-election
- 20 April - 28 people are injured at Cockett station when a loco travelling from Swansea to Neyland collided into the rear of the stationary 11.55am Paddington to Milford Haven service
- 22 July - Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison take off from Pendine on the first non-stop flight from the UK to the US.
- Seven men and four women receive custodial sentences after a riot at Bedwas.
- Ronald Lockley establishes the first British bird observatory on Skokholm.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Percy Cudlipp becomes editor of the Evening Standard – the youngest ever editor of a British national newspaper.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Wrexham)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Edgar Phillips
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Simon B. Jones
[edit] New books
- D. J. Davies – The Economic History of South Wales
- Caradoc Evans - Wasps
- Lily Tobias - Eunice Fleet
[edit] Music
[edit] Film
[edit] Broadcasting
- 28 May - The BBC begins broadcasting the Welsh Regional Programme to South Wales from the Washford transmitter
- 17 July - The BBC begins broadcasting the National Programme to South Wales from the Washford transmitter
- The first broadcast is made from the Urdd Eisteddfod.
[edit] Sport
- Rugby union, although collecting the 'wooden spoon' in the Home Nations Championship, Wales beat England at Twickenham for the very first time, after ten previous attempts.
[edit] Births
- 7 February - Stuart Burrows, opera singer
- 21 March - Michael Heseltine, politician
- 3 April - Alan Watkins, political journalist (d. 2010)
- 14 May - Siân Phillips, actress
- 20 June - Dai Dower, British, European and Empire Flyweight Boxing Champion
- 30 June - John Faull, Wales international and British Lion rugby player
- 24 September - Terry Davies, Wales rugby captain and British Lion
- 12 November - Jeffrey Thomas, politician (d. 1989)
- 17 November - Alan Harrington, former professional footballer
- 31 December - Glyn Davidge, Wales international and British Lion rugby player
- date unknown
- Bedwyr Lewis Jones, writer
- Gwilym Jenkins, statistician
[edit] Deaths
- 14 January - Sir Robert Jones, orthopaedic surgeon (baronet), 75
- 18 January - John Thomas, chemist (ICI), 46
- 2 February - Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet, politician, 76
- 15 February - Jere Blake, Wales international rugby player, 47/48
- 23 February - David Watts Morgan, Member of Parliament for Rhondda East, 65
- 4 April - Sir Marteine Lloyd, 2nd Baronet, 82
- 29 May - Llewelyn Kenrick, footballer, 84
- 16 July - John Tudor Walters, politician, 64/65
- 10 August - Alf Morgans, Prime Minister of Western Australia, 83
- 13 September - David Morgan, Wales international rugby player, 61
- 20 September - Alfred Cattell, Wales international rugby player, 76
- 17 October - Sid Bevan, Wales international rugby union player, 56
- 18 October - Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen, soldier and politician, 82
- 10 November - Herbert Lewis, politician, 74
