1996 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1996 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – The Prince Charles
- Princess of Wales – Diana (until 28 August divorce)
- Secretary of State for Wales - William Hague
- Archbishop of Wales - Alwyn Rice Jones
[edit] Events
- 15 February - The Sea Empress, an oil tanker, runs aground off Milford Haven, causing devastation to the west Wales coastline.
- 1 April - The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 comes into force, creating 22 unitary authorities.
- 3 April - The first EuroHowl is held in Aberystwyth, Wales.
- 29 June - The Prince's Trust concert in Hyde Park, London is attended by 150,000 people.
- 18 July - Howard Hughes is sentenced to life imprisonment at Chester Crown Court for the rape and murder of 7-year-old Sophie Hook at Llandudno 12 months previously. The trial judge recommends that Hughes, 31, should never be released.
- 28 August - The Prince and Princess of Wales, are formally divorced at the High Court of Justice in London, the first time in history that a Prince of Wales has successfully gone through a divorce. By negotiation, Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales is restyled, Diana, Princess of Wales.
- November - The Owain Glyndŵr Society is founded.
- Michael German is awarded the OBE for his public and political service.
- The Church in Wales ordains its first women priests.
- South Wales Constabulary changes its name to South Wales Police.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Sir Anthony Hopkins opens the Cliff Tucker Theatre at the University of Wales, Lampeter.
- Alice Thomas Ellis is sacked as a columnist on the Catholic Herald newspaper because of her attack on the reputation of the late Derek Worlock.
- Steve Balsamo stars in a West End revival of Jesus Christ Superstar.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ffairfach, near Llandeilo)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair -
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown -
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal -
- Wales Book of the Year:
- English language: Nigel Jenkins, Gwalia in Khasia
- Welsh language:
- Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Eirug Wyn, Smoc Gron Bach
[edit] New books
- Ron Berry - This Bygone
- Ruth Bidgood - The Fluent Moment
- Gillian Clarke - The Whispering Room
- Howard Marks - Mr Nice
- Kenneth Morris - The Dragon Path
- Tim Rishton - Liturgisk orgelspill
[edit] Film
- Prince Valiant filmed at Gwrych Castle.
[edit] Welsh-language films
[edit] Music
- Peter Maxwell Davies - The Doctor of Myddfai (opera)
- Gillian Elisa - Rhywbeth yn y Glas.
- Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic.
[edit] Broadcasting
- The Broadcasting Act 1996 changes the funding formula for S4C.
[edit] Welsh-language television
- Heno (Welsh-language news programme, broadcast until 2001)
[edit] English-language television
- In the Blood, presented by Steve Jones
[edit] Sports
- Football - Llansantffraid F.C. win the Welsh Cup and are offered sponsorship by Total Network Solutions.
[edit] Deaths
- 16 January - Dai Ward, footballer, 61
- 14 March - Dewi Bebb, rugby player, 57
- 14 April - Mervyn Levy, artist and critic, 81
- 27 July - Billy Rees, footballer, 72
- 5 September - Clem Thomas, rugby player, 67
- 24 September - I. E. S. Edwards, Egyptologist, 87
- 9 December
- Diana Morgan, playwright and screenwriter, 86
- Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, 83
- 29 December - Pennar Davies, poet and theologian, 85
- date unknown
- Thomas David Frank Evans, WWII prisoner-of-war
- Aled Eames, historian
- Nigel Heseltine, writer
- Dafydd Orwig, politician and academic
