1964 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1964 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
- Princess of Wales - vacant
- Secretary of State for Wales - Jim Griffiths
- Archbishop of Wales - Edwin Morris
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Cynan
[edit] Events
- 15 March - Richard Burton marries Elizabeth Taylor (for the first time) in Montreal.
- April - George Street Bridge, Newport opens, the first cable-stayed bridge in the UK.
- 15 October - In the United Kingdom general election, Wales elects 28 Labour MPs, six Conservatives and two Liberals.
- Alan Williams becomes MP for Swansea West
- Ioan Evans becomes MP for Birmingham Yardley.
- Leslie Thomas, son of Labour stalwart, Jimmy Thomas, becomes Conservative MP for Canterbury.
- 17 October - The Welsh Office is established, under the leadership of a Secretary of State for Wales (Jim Griffiths).
- 11 November - Politician Alun Gwynne Jones is raised to the peerage with the title Baron Chalfont of Llantarnam.
- Opening of the Edgar Evans building at the Royal Navy shore establishment on Whale Island, Portsmouth.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
- Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry - R. S. Thomas
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Swansea)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Bryn Williams
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Rhydwen Williams
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Rhiannon Davies Jones
[edit] New books
- Aneirin Talfan Davies - Dylan: Druid of the Broken Body
- Emrys Daniel Hughes - Sir Alec Douglas-Home
- John Gwilym Jones - Hanes Rhyw Gymro
- John Robert Jones - Yr Argyfwng Gwacter Ystyr
- Stead Jones - Make Room for the Jester
- Saunders Lewis - Merch Gwern Hywel
- Caradog Prichard - Genod yn ein Bywyd
- Thomas Ifor Rees - Illimani
- Howard Spring - Winds of the Day
- Reginald Frances Treharne - The Battle of Lewes in English History
- Raymond Williams - Second Generation
[edit] Music
- Geraint Evans stars as Falstaff at the Metropolitan Opera.
[edit] Film
- Richard Burton stars in The Night of the Iguana.
- Siân Phillips takes her first major film role in Becket, alongside her husband Peter O'Toole and Burton.
- Victor Spinetti appears with The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night. Alun Owen's screenplay is nominated for an Academy Award.
[edit] Broadcasting
- BBC Wales is launched.
[edit] Welsh-language television
- Sion a Sian (later also produced in English as Mr and Mrs)
[edit] English-language television
[edit] Sport
- Olympic Games - Lynn Davies wins the gold medal in the men's long jump.
- Rugby union
- 1 February - Wales defeat Scotland 11-3 in Cardiff. Stuart Watkins makes his international debut.
- 7 March - Wales defeat Ireland 15-6 in Dublin. John Dawes makes his international debut.
- Wales win the Five Nations Championship.
- The Welsh national side makes its first overseas tour, to South Africa.
- Tennis - Gerald Battrick wins the British and French junior championships.
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Lynn Davies
[edit] Births
- 9 February - Dewi Morris, rugby player
- 4 March - Dave Colclough, poker player
- 21 March - Ieuan Evans, rugby player
- 22 June - Neil Haddock, Welsh and British Champion super featherweight boxer
- 23 June - Robert Dickie, Welsh and British Champion boxing champion (died 2010)
- 15 September - Steve Watkin, cricketer
- 8 October - Alan Knill, footballer
- 3 November - Wayne Mumford, footballer
- 28 November - Sian Williams, television presenter
- 31 December - Lowri Turner, television presenter
- date unknown - Grahame Davies, poet
[edit] Deaths
- 4 January - Arthur Wade-Evans, historian, 88
- 7 January - Cyril Davies, harmonica player, 31
- 14 February
- Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans, civil servant, 69
- William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, 78
- 14 September - Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, anthropologist, 79
- 9 October - Thomas Jones Pierce, historian, 59
- 4 November - Harry Randall, lawyer and historian, 86
- 30 November - Sir John Cecil-Williams, lawyer and secretary of the Cymmrodorion, 72
- 4 December - James 'Tuan' Jones, Wales and British Lion rugby player, 81
- date unknown - Leslie Morris, Welsh-Canadian politician, 60
