1965 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales 1965 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

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

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – The Prince 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.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 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.^[4]

Broadcasting

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

Welsh-language television

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

References

1. Davis, Haydn. "Chronology of the Twentieth Century". Newport Past. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
2. Hansard 1965.
3. "Live: Capitol Cinema, Cardiff". The Beatles Bible. 1965-12-12. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
4. Nightingale, Benedict (1965-03-27). "review: The Homecoming at Cardiff". The Guardian. p. 6.