1969 in Wales

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; ;
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See also:	List of years in Wales; Timeline of Welsh history 1969 in The United Kingdom Scotland Elsewhere

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1969 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

1 April - Registration of births and deaths in the Welsh language is allowed for the first time.
22 May - Engineer Morien Morgan becomes Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, Hampshire, having been knighted in the New Year Honours.
1 June - The South Wales Constabulary is created by merging the police forces of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil.
11 June - The Prince of Wales' new standard is flown for the first time.
20 June - Llandudno Cable Car opened, the longest gondola lift system in the UK.
30 June - Two members of the Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (Movement for the Defence of Wales) are killed whilst placing a bomb outside government offices in Abergele in an attempt to disrupt the following day's events.^[1]
1 July
- The Prince of Wales, is invested with his title at Caernarfon Castle.
- Six members of the Free Wales Army are convicted in Swansea of public order and firearms offences; three are imprisoned.
3 July - Swansea is granted city status.
25 July - The Development of Tourism Act 1969 paves the way for creation of the Wales Tourist Board.
22 August - Closure of Dinorwic slate quarry.
November - Clashes between police and anti-apartheid protesters occur when the touring South African rugby team play Swansea. A silent protest takes place at an Ebbw Vale match.

Dafydd Iwan co-founds Sain Recordiau Cyf, which would become the major Welsh-language record label.

Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) publishes a pamphlet entitled Broadcasting in Wales: To Enrich or Destroy Our National Life?

Philip Madoc has roles in Manhunt!, The Avengers, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Champions and The Detective, among others.

20 January - Roy Evans, footballer, 25 (car crash)
14 February - Ernest Roberts, politician, 78
10 March - Jimmy Wilde, boxer, 76
27 March - David Lloyd, tenor, 56
31 March - Percy Jones, Wales international rugby player, 82
5 April - Mal Griffiths, footballer, 50
15 April - Cowboy Morgan Evans, Texan rodeo rider of Welsh descent, 66
4 May - Albert Stock, Wales international rugby player, 72
21 May - Ben Beynon, Welsh rugby union international and Swansea Town player, 75
28 May - Rhys Williams, actor, 71
7 July - William David Davies, theologian, 72
19 August - Percy Thomas, architect, 85
1 October - Dai Richards, footballer, 62
18 October - Emrys Hughes, politician, 75
21 November - D. B. Wyndham-Lewis, author, 78
7 December
- Bill Roberts, Wales international rugby union player, 60
- (in London) Hugh Williams, dramatist, 65
20 December - Eleanor Evans, singer, 76