1990 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1990 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents[edit]
- Secretary of State for Wales – Peter Walker (until 4 May);[1] David Hunt[2]
- Archbishop of Wales – George Noakes, Bishop of St David's[3]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
Events[edit]
- 26 February - The sea wall at Towyn is breached, resulting in flood damage to 2,800 homes, and the evacuation of a further 2,000.[6]
- 10 June - Death of John Evans, Britain's oldest man whose age (112 years and 295 days) could be authenticated.[7]
- 2 August - Highest ever temperature recorded in Wales until 2022, 35.2 °C (95.4 °F) at Hawarden.[8]
- 27 September - Brymbo Steelworks last tapped.[9]
- 1 November - Veteran Conservative politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns from the government.
- December - Privatisation of the former South Wales Electricity Board (SWEB) and Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board (MANWEB).
- 21 December - Last underground shift worked at Mardy Colliery.[10]
- date unknown - Following a referendum, the Vaynor Community Council in Merthyr Tydfil is abolished, the first time such an action has taken place.
Arts and literature[edit]
- Commercial sponsorship of the National Eisteddfod of Wales exceeds £1 million for the first time ever.
- Griffith R. Williams of Llithfaen, Gwynedd, publishes his autobiography, Cofio canrif, making him the world's oldest author at 102.
- Geraint Talfan Davies becomes Controller of BBC Wales.[11]
Awards[edit]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Rhymney Valley)[12]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Myrddin ap Dafydd, "Gwythiennau"[13]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Iwan Llwyd, "Gwreichion"[14]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld[15]
- Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Geraint V. Jones, Yn y Gwaed[16]
New books[edit]
- John Barnie - The King of Ashes
- Carol-Ann Courtney - Morphine and Dolly Mixtures[17]
- Rees Davies - Conquest and Domination[18]
- Christine Evans - Cometary Phases
- David Jones - Rebecca's Children
- David H. Williams (Welsh Historian) - Atlas of Cistercian Lands in Wales
- Raymond Williams - People of the Black Mountains, vol. 2: The Eggs of the Eagle
Welsh language[edit]
- Sioned Davies - Pedair Keinc y Mabinogi
- Hywel Teifi Edwards - Codi'r Hen Wlad yn ei Hôl[19]
- Alun Jones - Plentyn y Bwtias[20]
- Dic Jones - Os Hoffech Wybod
- R. Gerallt Jones - Cerddi 1955-1989
- Gwyneth Lewis - Sonedau Redsa A Cherddi Eraill
- Selyf Roberts - Gorwel Agos
Music[edit]
- Bob Delyn a'r Ebillion - Sgwarnogod Bach Bob
- Datblygu - Pyst
- Dave Edmunds - Closer to the Flame
- Hanner Pei - Locsyn
- Siân James - Cysgodion Karma
- Jeffrey Lewis - Westminster Mass
- Manic Street Preachers - "New Art Riot"
- World Party - Goodbye Jumbo
Film[edit]
- Catherine Zeta-Jones plays her first major film role in 1001 Nights[21]
Welsh-language films[edit]
Broadcasting[edit]
Welsh-language television[edit]
- The Broadcasting Act 1990 redefines the responsibilities of S4C.
- Programmes:
English-language television[edit]
- Hughezovka (documentary about John Hughes, founder of Donetsk)
Sport[edit]
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Ian Woosnam[22]
- Football – Hereford United win the Welsh Cup, but Wrexham, as the top Welsh club, take their place in European competition.
- Horse racing – Norton's Coin, trained by Sirrel Griffiths at Nantgaredig, wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup at record odds of 100-1.
Births[edit]
- 10 March - Luke Rowe, cyclist[23]
- 14 March – Joe Allen, footballer
- 1 April – Joe Partington, footballer
- 17 April – Jonathan Brown, footballer
- 19 August – Laura Deas, skeleton racer[24]
- 17 September – Jazmin Carlin, swimmer[25]
- 16 October - Natalie Powell, judoka[26]
- 23 October - Sian Williams, rugby player
- 14 November – Casey Thomas, footballer
- 22 November - Steffan Jones, rugby player
- 26 December – Aaron Ramsey, footballer[27]
Deaths[edit]
- 4 January – Alwyn Sheppard Fidler, architect, 80[28]
- 20 January – Trevor Every, cricketer, 80
- 2 February – Joe Erskine, boxer, 56
- 12 March – Alf Sherwood, footballer, 66
- 13 March – Llewellyn Heycock, Baron Heycock, politician, 84
- 25 March – David Evans, cricketer and umpire, 56[29]
- 2 April – Peter Jones, radio commentator, 60
- 4 May – John Ormond, poet and film-maker, 67[30]
- 9 June – Angus McBean, photographer, 86
- 10 June – John Evans, world's oldest man at the time, 112[31]
- 17 June – Menna Gallie, writer[32]
- 24 June – Sean Hughes, politician of Welsh parentage, 44 (cancer)[33]
- 7 July – Idwal Davies, rugby player, 74
- 6 September – Jack Howells, film-maker, 77[34]
- 29 October – Emrys Roberts, politician, 80[35]
- 1 November – Jack Petersen, former British heavyweight boxing champion, 79[36]
- 8 November – Ned Jenkins, Wales international rugby player, 86
- 13 November – Richard Lewis, operatic tenor, 76[37]
- 22 November – Cliff Jones, Wales international rugby captain, 76
- 23 November – Roald Dahl, Cardiff-born children's writer, 74[38]
- 27 November – Cliff Jones, rugby player, 76
- 5 December – Eric Whitman, cricketer, 81
- 23 December – Gwilym Williams, former Archbishop of Wales, 77[39]
- 24 December
- Don Dearson, footballer, 76
- David Gwyn Williams, poet, novelist, translator and academic, 86[40]
- date unknown – Cliff Birch, footballer
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ "The Last Tap". Wrexham County Borough Council. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
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- ^ Controller of BBC Wales to retire, September 1999
- ^ Fodor's (25 November 1989). Great Britain, 1990. Fodor's Travel Publications. p. 357. ISBN 978-0-679-01770-7.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Winners of the Prose Medal". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Geraint V. Jones". Gomer. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Meic Stephens (1998). Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru (in Welsh). University of Wales Press. p. 322. ISBN 978-0-7083-1383-1.
- ^ University Lecturer in History David Abulafia (1995). The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 5, C.1198-c.1300. Cambridge University Press. p. 979. ISBN 978-0-521-36289-4.
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- ^ Alfred Owen Hughes Jarman; Gwilym Rees Hughes; Dafydd Johnston (1998). A Guide to Welsh Literature: c. 1900-1996. University of Wales Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-7083-1424-1.
- ^ Collar, Camilla. "Catherine Zeta-Jones". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
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- ^ "Laura Deas won Winter Olympic Bronze in PyeongChang in February 2018". BBSA. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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- ^ Journal. RIBA Magazines. 1990. p. 91.
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- ^ M. Wynn Thomas (1997). John Ormond. University of Wales Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7083-1406-7.
- ^ "John Evans, 112; Guinness Book Listed Him as World's Oldest Man". Los Angeles Times. June 11, 1990. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ John P. Jenkins. "Gallie, Menna Patricia (1919-1990), writer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Sean Hughes obituary, The Times, 26 June 1990.
- ^ "Jack Howells". BFI. Archived from the original on February 10, 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ John Graham Jones (2008). "Roberts, Emrys Owen (1910-1990), Liberal politician and public servant". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Mel Williams. "Peterson, John Charles (Jack Petersen) (1911-1990), boxer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Richard Lewis". Bach Cantatas. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Colin Matthew; Henry Colin Gray Matthew (1999). Brief Lives: Twentieth-century Pen Portraits from the Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-19-280089-3.
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- ^ Meic Stephens (2007). Poetry 1900-2000. Parthian. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-902638-88-1.