1933 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1933 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King George V of the United Kingdom
- Princess of Wales - vacant
- Archbishop of Wales - Alfred George Edwards
[edit] Events
- Seven men and four women receive custodial sentences after a riot at Bedwas.
- 28 March - Rhondda East by-election, 1933
- 22 July - Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison take off from Pendine on the first non-stop flight from the UK to the USA.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Percy Cudlipp becomes editor of the Evening Standard – the youngest ever editor of a British national newspaper.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Wrexham)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Edgar Phillips
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Simon B. Jones
[edit] New books
- D. J. Davies – The Economic History of South Wales
- Caradoc Evans - Wasps
- Lily Tobias - Eunice Fleet
[edit] Music
[edit] Film
[edit] Broadcasting
- 28 May - the BBC begins broadcasting the Welsh Regional Programme to South Wales from the Washford transmitter
- 17 July - the BBC begins broadcasting the National Programme to South Wales from the Washford transmitter
- The first broadcast is made from the Urdd Eisteddfod.
[edit] Sport
[edit] Births
- 7 February - Stuart Burrows, opera singer
- 21 March - Michael Heseltine, politician
- 14 May - Siân Phillips, actress
- 12 November - Jeffrey Thomas, politician
- date unknown
- Bedwyr Lewis Jones, writer
- Gwilym Jenkins, statistician
- Alan Watkins, political journalist
[edit] Deaths
- 14 January - Sir Robert Jones, orthopaedic surgeon (baronet)
- 18 January - John Thomas, chemist (ICI), 46
- 2 February - Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet, politician, 76
- 4 April - Sir Marteine Lloyd, 2nd Baronet, 82
- 29 May - Llewelyn Kenrick, footballer, 84
- 16 July - John Tudor Walters, politician
- 10 August - Alf Morgans, Prime Minister of Western Australia
- 10 November - Herbert Lewis, politician