1965 in Wales

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1964 | 1966 | Other years in Wales
1965 in the United Kingdom
1965 in Ireland
Other events of 1965

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1965 to Wales and its people.

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[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Events

  • 17 May - Thirty-one miners are killed in an accident at the Cambrian Colliery in Rhondda.
  • 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").

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Awards

  • 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

[edit] New books

  • Gwilym Meredydd Jones - Dawns yr Ysgubau
  • Julian Mitchell - The White Father

[edit] Music

[edit] Film

[edit] Broadcasting

[edit] Welsh-language television

[edit] English-language television

[edit] Sport

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths