1998 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1998 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – Charles
- Princess of Wales – vacant
- Secretary of State for Wales
- Ron Davies (until 27 October)[1]
- Alun Michael
- Archbishop of Wales – Alwyn Rice Jones, Bishop of St Asaph[2]
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Dafydd Rowlands
Events
- 24 February - The Criminal Cases Review Commission overturns the murder charge of Mahmood Hussein Mattan, who was executed in 1952 for killing a Cardiff shopkeeper.[3]
- February - Britain's first official register of historic landscapes is published by Cadw. It lists 36 landscapes in Wales of outstanding historic interest.
- 6 March - Flintshire Bridge is officially opened.[4]
- 8-9 April - Torrential rain over eastern Wales results in widespread flooding.
- 13 April - Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Öpik is seriously injured in a paragliding accident in his constituency.[5]
- May - Cistercian Way long-distance trail originates.
- June - The Arts Council of Wales publishes its consultation paper Building A Creative Society.
- Ron Davies is appointed to the highest order of the Gorsedd of the Bards at the 1998 National Eisteddfod in Bridgend
- 31 July - The Government of Wales Act 1998, that will establish a devolved Welsh Assembly, receives its Royal Assent.[6]
- 19 September - Ron Davies is elected in preference to Rhodri Morgan as Labour's candidate for First Secretary of the Assembly.[7]
- 22-31 October - Heavy rainfall across Wales results in river levels rising to warning levels. Flood plains are inundated and there is extensive flooding of houses and other property.
- 27 October - Ron Davies resigns as Secretary of State for Wales after being mugged in an incident on Clapham Common, following what he described as an "error of judgment".[1]
- 18 November - Jon Owen Jones, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Wales, announces that the Environment Agency has been asked for a report on the October floods.
- November - Maenofferen slate quarry at Blaenau Ffestiniog ceases production.
Arts and literature
- Bryn Terfel gives a recital at Carnegie Hall.
Awards
- Glyndŵr Award - Iwan Bala
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bridgend)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - withheld[8]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Emyr Lewis, "Rhyddid"[9]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Eurig Wyn, Blodyn Tatws
- Wales Book of the Year:
- English language: Mike Jenkins - Wanting to Belong
- Welsh language: Iwan Llwyd - Dan Ddylanwad
- Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Geraint V. Jones, Semtecs
New books
English language
- Gillian Clarke - Five Fields
- James Hawes - Rancid Aluminium[10]
- Rhys Hughes - Rawhead & Bloody Bones
- Mario Risoli - When Pele Broke our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup
- Sarah Waters - Tipping the Velvet
Welsh language
- Dafydd Huws - Dyddiadur Dyn Dŵad
- Huw Ethall - Pennar Davies: Y Dyn a'i Waith
Film
- Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones star in The Mask of Zorro.
Welsh language films
- Bride of War, starring Huw Garmon (in Welsh, English, French, German and Polish).
Music
- Indie music band Terris are formed in Newport.
- Anweledig - Sombreros yn y Glaw
- Charlotte Church - Voice of an Angel
- Melys - Rumours and Curses
- Bonnie Tyler - All in One Voice
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
- November – A new digital channel is launched, broadcasting in Welsh for twelve hours a day.[11]
English-language television
Sport
- 8 February – Mark Williams wins his first Masters title.[12]
- September – At the 1998 Commonwealth Games:
- Kelly Morgan wins the badminton women's singles;
- Iwan Thomas wins the men's 400 metres;
- Desmond Davies wins the men's individual skeet shooting;
- Wales win a total of 15 medals, including the three golds.
Births
- 18 December – Cameron Coxe, footballer
- 29 December–- Mark Harris, footballer
Deaths
- 3 January – Tony Duncan, golfer and cricketer, 83
- 18 February – Robbie James, footballer, 40 (collapsed and died during match)[13]
- 1 April – Mary Wynne Warner, mathematician, 65[14]
- 2 April – Dai Davies, trade unionist
- 4 April – Käte Bosse-Griffiths, author, 87[15]
- 14 April – Dorothy Squires, singer, 83[16]
- 11 May – Vronwy Hankey (née Fisher), archaeologist, 81[17]
- 13 May – Arthur Rees, Wales international rugby player and police Chief Constable, 85[18]
- 17 May – Hugh Cudlipp, journalist, 84[19]
- 23 July – R. Tudur Jones, theologian and politician, 77[20]
- 28 July – Nancy Evans, table tennis player, 95
- 3 August (in Waipukurau, New Zealand) – Ronnie Boon, Wales rugby union player, 89
- 12 September – Horace Charles Jones, poet, 92
- 5 October – Megs Jenkins, actress, 81[21]
- 31 October – Eddie Perry, footballer, 89
- 16 December – Kenyon Jones, rugby player, 87
- 16 December – Tommy Davies, boxer, 78
- 31 December – Alan Morris, footballer, 44
See also
References
- ^ a b David Pollard; Neil Parpworth; David Hughes (14 June 2007). Constitutional and Administrative Law: Text with Materials. OUP Oxford. p. 172. ISBN 978-0-19-928637-9.
- ^ Norman Doe (29 February 2020). A New History of the Church in Wales: Governance and Ministry, Theology and Society. Cambridge University Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-108-49957-6.
- ^ Roda P. Roberts (2000). The Critical Link 2: Interpreters in the Community : Selected Papers from the Second International Conference on Interpreting in Legal, Health, and Social Service Setting. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 90-272-1636-3.
- ^ "Happy Birthday Flintshire Bridge – It was officially opened on March 6th 1998". deeside.com. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ Higgit, D. (27 August 2005). "The day my life changed". Western Standard. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ^ Robert Hazell (2000). The State and the Nations: The First Year of Devolution in the United Kingdom. Imprint Academic. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-907845-80-5.
- ^ Colin Pilkington (2002). Devolution in Britain Today. Manchester University Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-7190-6076-2.
- ^ "Winners of the Chair". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Winners of the Crown". National Eisteddfod of Wales. 3 February 2020.
- ^ David Armstrong (4 November 2011). How Not to Write a Novel: Confessions of a Midlist Author. Allison & Busby. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7490-1135-2.
- ^ Janet Davies (15 January 2014). The Welsh Language: A History. University of Wales Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-78316-129-4.
- ^ "Snooker: Williams wins on respotted black". The Independent. 9 February 1998. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ Ivan Ponting (21 February 1998). "Obituary: Robbie James". The Independent. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
- ^ I. M. James and A. R. Pears, "Obituary: Mary Wynne Warner (1932–1998)" Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society 34(6)(December 2001): 745–752. DOI: 10.1112/S0024609302001467
- ^ Meic Stephens (10 April 1998). "Obituary: Kate Bosse-Griffiths". The Independent. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Bill Christine (25 October 2017). They Left Their Hearts in San Francisco: The Lives of Songwriters George Cory and Douglass Cross. McFarland. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-4766-6900-7.
- ^ Peter Warren (23 June 1998). "Vronwy Hankey". The Independent.
- ^ Cole, Robert (21 May 1998). "Obituary: Arthur Rees". The Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ Dennis Griffiths (2006). Fleet Street: Five Hundred Years of the Press. British Library. p. 389. ISBN 978-0-7123-0697-3.
- ^ D. Densil Morgan. "Jones, Robert Tudur (1921-1998), theologian, church historian and public figure". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ F. Maurice Speed; James Cameron-Wilson (1999). Film Review. W. H. Allen.