1982 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1982 to Wales and its people.

See also: 1981 in Wales, other events of 1982, 1983 in Wales and the list of years in Wales.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Awards 3.2 New books 3.3 Music 4 Film 4.1 Welsh language films 5 Broadcasting 5.1 Welsh language television 5.2 English language television 6 Sports 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
• Princess of Wales - Diana, Princess of Wales
• Secretary of State for Wales - Nicholas Edwards
• Archbishop of Wales - Gwilym Owen Williams
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Jâms Nicholas

[edit] Events

• June 2 - 100,000 people gather in Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff, to welcome Pope John Paul II on the first-ever papal visit to Wales.
• June 8 - 32 men from the Welsh Guards are killed when the Sir Galahad burns during the Falklands War. The most famous of the survivors is Simon Weston.
• Swansea is given the right to have a Lord Mayor.
• October 17 - First issue of Sulyn, the first Sunday newspaper in the Welsh language.
• St David's Hall opens in Cardiff.
• A monument is erected at Gresford in memory of those who died in the Gresford Disaster of 1934.

[edit] Arts and literature

• Roger Rees wins a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
• Alice Thomas Ellis is shortlisted for the Booker Prize for The 27th Kingdom.

[edit] Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Swansea)

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Gerallt Lloyd Owen
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Eirwyn George
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Gwilym M. Jones

[edit] New books

• Gwynfor Evans - Bywyd Cymro
• Alun Jones - Pan Ddaw'r Machlud
• R. Merfyn Jones - The North Wales Quarrymen 1874-1922
• Rhiannon Davies Jones - Eryr Pengwern
• Kenneth O. Morgan - Rebirth of a Nation: Wales 1880-1980
• Wynford Vaughan-Thomas - Princes of Wales

[edit] Music

• John Cale - Music For A New Society (album}
• Dafydd Iwan with Ar Log - Rhwng Hwyl a Thaith

[edit] Film

• Political Annie’s Off Again, film of a local industrial dispute made by Chapter Video Workshop.

[edit] Welsh language films

• None

[edit] Broadcasting

[edit] Welsh language television

• Joni Jones
• Noson Lawen
• S4C starts broadcasting on 1 November

[edit] English language television

[edit] Sports

• Darts - Ann-Marie Davies wins the Women's World Masters Championship.
• Snooker - Terry Parsons wins the World Amateur Championship. Terry Griffiths wins the UK Open and the Mercantile Classic.

[edit] Births

• February 1 - Gavin Henson, rugby player
• February 4 - Kevin Gall, footballer
• May 2 - Timothy Benjamin, athlete
• June 21 - Prince William of Wales
• August 29 - Mike Phillips, rugby player
• December 25 - Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer

[edit] Deaths

• January 11 - Ronald Lewis, actor (suicide)
• May 19 - Elwyn Jones, television writer
• July - Bob John, footballer
• November 4 - Talfryn Thomas, comedy actor
• date unknown
  • Cedric Morris, artist
  • Ronald Welch, historical novelist
  • Ivor Williams, artist