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