1946 in Wales

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1946 in the United Kingdom

1946 in Ireland

Other events of 1946

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1946 to Wales and its people.

Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Awards 3.2 New books 3.3 Music 4 Film 5 Broadcasting 6 Sport 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

• Prince of Wales - vacant
• Princess of Wales - vacant
• Archbishop of Wales - David Lewis Prosser
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Crwys

[edit] Events

• The highest ever November temperature for the UK is recorded at Prestatyn: 71°F (21.7°C)
• Arthur Horner becomes President of the National Union of Mineworkers.
• A pneumoconiosis research unit is established at Llandough Hospital near Cardiff, in recognition of the damage being caused to miners' health.
• The Coal Industry Nationalisation Act is passed.

[edit] Arts and literature

• In the absence of a Prince of Wales, Princess Elizabeth, heir to the throne, is admitted to the Gorsedd.

[edit] Awards

• National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Mountain Ash)

• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Geraint Bowen
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Rhydwen Williams
• National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Dafydd Jenkins

[edit] New books

• Pennar Davies - Cinio'r Cythraul
• Caradoc Evans - The Earth Gives All and Takes All
• Thomas Rowland Hughes – Chwalfa
• Emyr Humphreys - Little Kingdom
• Albert Evans-Jones (Cynan) - Ffarwel Weledig
• John Gwilym Jones - Y Goeden Erin
• Dylan Thomas - Deaths and Entrances
• Gwyn Thomas - The Dark Philosophers

[edit] Music

• Daniel Jones – Scenes from the Mabinogion

[edit] Film

• London Town featuring Tessie O'Shea

[edit] Broadcasting

[edit] Sport

• Boxing - Wales stages its first-ever world title fight, in which lightweight Ronnie James is defeated by Ike Williams.

[edit] Births

• 15 January - Roger Davis, cricketer
• 31 January - Bobby Windsor, rugby player
• 21 March - Timothy Dalton, actor
• 2 April - Dai Llewellyn, socialite
• 19 May - Androw Bennett, writer
• 14 June - Glyn Berry, diplomat
• 6 August - Ron Davies, politician
• 18 October - Dafydd Elis-Thomas, politician
• 26 November - Brian Hibbard, actor and singer
• 27 November - Kim Howells, politician
• 9 December- Mervyn Davies, rugby player
• date unknown
  • Tony Curtis (Welsh poet)

[edit] Deaths

• 25 April - Arthur Jenkins, MP for Pontypool
• 14 March (near Stroud) - Reg Thomas, athlete
• 25 May - Ernest Rhys ("Mr Everyman"), poet
• 15 July - William Cope, 1st Baron Cope, politician
• 5 November - Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden, author and patron of the arts in Wales
• 6 December - Charles Butt Stanton, politician
• date unknown
  • Arthur Griffith-Boscawen, politician
  • Morris Williams, publisher, husband and collaborator of Kate Roberts