1965 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales Timeline of Welsh history 1965 in The United Kingdom Scotland Elsewhere

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1965 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – Charles
• Princess of Wales – vacant
• Secretary of State for Wales – Jim Griffiths
• Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Cynan

Events

• May - Opening of Llandegfedd Reservoir by Newport Corporation.
• 17 May - Thirty-one miners are killed in a mining accident at the Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, Rhondda.
• 24 May - The first drive-on car ferry service between Fishguard and Rosslare Harbour (Ireland) officially opens.
• 15 June - The Hughes-Parry Committee submits its report on the legal status of the Welsh language.
• 21 October - Official opening of Llyn Celyn reservoir.
• 12 December - The Beatles' last live U.K. tour concludes with two performances at the Capitol, Cardiff.
• 17 December - A landslide on the main railway line at Bridgend kills a train driver and co-driver.
• Foundation of Undeb y Cymraeg Byw ("Union of Living Welsh").

Arts and literature

Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Newtown, Montgomeryshire)
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - William David Williams
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Tom Parri Jones
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Eigra Lewis Roberts

New books

• Peter Bryan George - Commander-1
• Gwilym Meredydd Jones - Dawns yr Ysgubau
• Julian Mitchell - The White Father

Music

• Tom Jones releases the film theme, "What's New, Pussycat?" as a single.

Film

• Richard Burton stars in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.
• Glynis Johns stars in Mary Poppins.
• Tryweryn, the Story of a Valley (film made by Friars School, Bangor).

Theatre

• 26 March - Harold Pinter's play The Homecoming has its world première at the New Theatre, Cardiff.

Broadcasting

• BBC2 is received in South Wales for the first time.
• Arwel Hughes becomes Head of Music at BBC Wales.

English-language television

• As I See It, presented by Gwyn Thomas

Sport

• Rugby union - Wales win the Triple Crown for the first time in 13 years.
• BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Clive Rowlands

Births

• 5 January - Vinnie Jones, footballer
• 2 March (in Bangor, County Down) - Lembit Öpik, politician
• 6 March - Allan Bateman, rugby player
• 1 April - Alexandra Shân "Tiggy" Legge-Bourke, royal nanny
• 9 April - Colin Pascoe, footballer
• 3 May - Rob Brydon, comedian and actor
• 8 May - Andy Dibble, footballer
• 11 May - Jeremy Goss, footballer
• 25 August - David Taylor, soccer player and manager
• 13 September - Andrew Williams, cricketer
• 16 October - Floyd Havard, British super-featherweight boxing champion
• 30 October - Michael Tremellen, cricketer
• 9 November - Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone singer
• date unknown - Patrick Jones, poet and author

Deaths

• 29 January - T. Harri Jones, poet and academic, 43
• 4 February - Llywelyn Williams, politician, 53
• 5 February - Sir David Brunt, meteorologist, 78
• 22 April - Glyn Stephens, Wales international rugby union captain, 73
• 3 May - Howard Spring, novelist, 76
• 29 May - Steve Morris, Wales international rugby player, 68
• 16 June - Dai Parker, Wales and British Lion rugby player, 60
• 17 July (in Scarborough) - Dan Lewis, footballer
• 1 October - Gareth Hughes, actor, 71
• 9 October - Russell Taylor, Wales international rugby player, 50
• 22 October - William Williams, Victoria Cross recipient, 75
• 31 October - John Roberts, Wales international rugby player, 59
• 4 November - Ifor Williams, academic, 84
• 8 November - George Henry Hall, politician, 83
• 23 November - Murray Humphreys, Chicago mobster of Welsh descent, 66
• 26 December - Llewellyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies, Victoria Cross recipient, 87
• 29 December - Claude Warner, cricketer, 83