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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1984 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Prince of Wales – The Prince Charles
- Princess of Wales – Diana
- Secretary of State for Wales – Nicholas Edwards
- Archbishop of Wales – Derrick Childs, Bishop of Monmouth
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
- Jâms Nicholas (outgoing)
- Elerydd (incoming)
Events
- 2 March - Carmarthen MP Dr Roger Thomas announces his resignation, having been prosecuted for importuning.
- 12 March - The miners' strike begins, with a solid turn out from all NUM mines in Wales.
- 3 May - At the Cynon Valley by-election brought about by the death of MP Ioan Lyonel Evans, Ann Clwyd retains the seat for Labour with an increased majority.
- 19 July - The Lleyn Peninsula earthquake, which strikes the Llŷn Peninsula at 06:56 UTC (07:56 BST), measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, is the largest known onshore earthquake to occur in the UK since instrumental measurements began.[1]
- October - Dafydd Wigley resigns as leader of Plaid Cymru for domestic reasons.
- 30 November - Taxi driver David Wilkie is killed when a concrete block is dropped onto his car as he drives a strikebreaker to work on the M4 motorway. Dean Hancock and Russell Shankland of Rhymney are later convicted of murder.
- 3 December - First McDonald's hamburger fast food restaurant in Wales opens in Cardiff.
- Sam Edwards becomes Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge.
- Clive Sinclair's C5 electric vehicle is manufactured at the Hoover works in Merthyr Tydfil.
- Creation of Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments Executive Agency.
Arts and literature
Awards
- Griff Rhys Jones wins the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Comedy Performance for his role in Charley's Aunt.
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Lampeter)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Aled Rhys Wiliam
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - John Roderick Rees
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - John Idris Owen
- Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Richard Cyril Hughes, Castell Cyfaddawd
New books
- Duncan Bush - Aquarium
- Donald Evans - Machlud Canrif
- Gwynn ap Gwilym - Gwales
- Emyr Humphreys - The Taliesin Tradition
- Sian James - Dragons and Roses
- Geraint H. Jenkins - Hanes Cymru yn y Cyfnod Modern Cynnar: 1530-1760
- Mike Jenkins - Empire of a Smoke
- Alun Jones - Oed Rhyw Addewid
- Robert Minhinnick - Life Sentences
- Leslie Thomas - In My Wildest Dreams
- Gerwyn Williams - Colli cyswllt
Music
- Ar Log IV
- The Alarm - Declaration (debut studio album)
- Icons of Filth - Onward Christian Soldiers
- Shakin' Stevens records “Teardrops” with Hank Marvin on guitar.
- Phil Campbell joins Motörhead.
- First Brecon Jazz Festival staged.
Film
- Ray Milland makes his last film appearance in The Sea Serpent.
- Sian Phillips stars in Dune.
- Kevin Allen makes his big screen debut in The Man Who Shot Christmas.
Welsh-language films
- None
Broadcasting
- Gareth Gwenlan becomes Head of Comedy at the BBC.
Welsh-language television
English-language television
- The District Nurse starring Nerys Hughes
Sport
- Football - Ian Rush becomes the first Welshman to win the European Golden Boot award.
- Horse racing - Neil Doughty wins the Grand National on Hallo Dandy.
Births
- 17 January – Sophie Dee, pornographic actress
- 27 February – Rhys Williams, athlete
- 11 March – Tom James, Olympic gold-medal-winning rower
- 22 June – Arron Davies, footballer
- 23 June – Duffy, singer
- 31 July – Craig Stiens, footballer
- 14 August - Rob Davies, table tennis player
- 15 September – Prince Harry, English prince
- 20 September – Byron Anthony, footballer
- 15 October – Owain Tudur Jones, footballer
- 24 November – Matthew Mason, cricketer
- date unknown - Gwawr Edwards, soprano
Deaths
- 14 January – Ivan Lloyd-Phillips, colonial administrator, 73
- 26 January – Nathan Rocyn-Jones, doctor, international rugby player and President of the WRU, 81
- 10 February – Ioan Evans, politician, 56
- 11 April – John Roland Lloyd Thomas, clergyman and teacher, 76
- 15 April – Tommy Cooper, comedian, 63 (heart attack on stage)
- 18 June - Idris Foster, academic, 72
- 22 June – Dill Jones, jazz pianist, 60
- 6 July – Denys Val Baker, British writer and promoter of Celtic culture, 66
- 5 August – Richard Burton, actor, 58 (brain haemorrhage)
- 27 August – Amabel Williams-Ellis, writer
- 23 September – Daniel Granville West, politician, 80
- 12 October – Sir Anthony Berry, politician and son of James Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, 59 (killed in Brighton hotel bombing)
- 11 December (in Hendon) – Will Paynter, miners' leader, 81
- date unknown - Arthur Fear, operatic bass-baritone
References
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