1962 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1962 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
- Princess of Wales - vacant
- Archbishop of Wales - Edwin Morris
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Trefin
[edit] Events
- 4 August - Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, the Welsh Language Society, is founded.
- An outbreak of smallpox kills seventeen people in Wales.
- Opening of Llanwern steelworks near Newport.
- Ysgol Rhydfelen, Pontypridd, is the first bilingual secondary school in south Wales.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Rachel Roberts marries Rex Harrison.
- Welsh National Opera launches a training scheme for singers.
- Dick Francis publishes his first thriller, Dead Cert.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llanelli)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Caradog Prichard
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - D. Emlyn Lewis
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - William Owen
[edit] New books
- Clifford Dyment - The Railway Game
- John Roberts Evans - Ar Drothwy'r Nos
- William Evans (Wil Ifan) - Colofnau Wil Ifan
- Michael Foot - Aneurin Bevan, vol. 1
- Menna Gallie - The Small Mine
- Llewelyn Wyn Griffith - The Adventures of Pryderi
- Oxford Book of Welsh Verse
- Gwyn Thomas - Chwerwder yn y Ffynhonnau
- Norman Thomas - Ask at the Unicorn
- Raymond Williams - Communications
[edit] Music
- Grace Williams - Four Medieval Welsh Poems for alto, harp and harpsichord
- David Wynne - Cymric Rhapsodies
[edit] Film
- Richard Burton and Donald Houston appear in The Longest Day.
- Peter Greenaway makes his first film: Death of Sentiment.
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] Welsh-language radio
- 13 February - Saunders Lewis gives the Welsh Home Service’s Annual Lecture, entitled Tynged yr Iaith (The Fate of the Language).
[edit] Television
- 14 September - The first transmitter, at Preseli, of the Teledu Cymru - Wales (West and North) Television service comes on air.
[edit] English-language television
- 17 September - First edition of the Welsh national news programme BBC Wales Today.
[edit] Sport
- Football - John Charles returns to Leeds United from several years playing for Italian clubs.
- Golf - Brian Huggett wins the Dutch Open championship.
- Welsh Sports Personality of the Year - Ivor Allchurch
[edit] Births
- 5 January - Geraint Williams, footballer
- 11 January - Chris Bryant, politician
- 27 June - Michael Ball, singer
- 15 September - Kevin Allen, actor, comedian and film director
- 15 October - Mark Ring, rugby player
- 24 October - Jonathan Davies, rugby player
- 12 December - John Jones, record producer
- date unknown - Iolo Williams, naturalist and broadcaster
[edit] Deaths
- 23 March - Clement Davies, politician
- 11 May - Eliot Crawshay-Williams, politician and author
- 3 August - Edgar Phillips, poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod
- 23 September - Margaret Jane Gordon (Lady Gordon), singer
- 5 November (in London) - Percy Cudlipp, journalist
- 30 November - Lewis Pugh Evans, Victoria Cross recipient
- 15 December - Charles Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor, politician
- 21 December - Gary Hocking, motorcycle road racer (born 1937)
