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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1973 to Wales and its people.
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Events
- April - The Welsh-language newspaper, Y Dinesydd, is founded.
- July - Sixteen-year-old Sandra Newton is found murdered at Tonmawr.
- September 16 - Sixteen-year-olds Geraldine Hughes and Pauline Floyd are found murdered at Llandarcy. Their murders, along with that of Sandra Newton in July, remain unsolved for 29 years.
- 23 November - Max Boyce records his legendary live show at Treorchy Rugby Club.
- During the year, there are 424 road deaths in Wales - an all-time record.
- Sony opens its factory in Bridgend, the first major Japanese investment in Wales.
- Creation of the Wales TUC.
- Drilling for oil and gas begins off the coast of Wales. A fourth oil refinery opens at Milford Haven.
- The Llyn Brianne dam is completed.
- Professor Brian Josephson wins the Nobel Prize for Physics.
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Ruthin)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Alan Llwyd
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Alan Llwyd
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Emyr Roberts
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Drama Medal - Urien Wiliam
[edit] New books
[edit] New drama
[edit] Welsh-language films
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] Welsh-language television
[edit] English-language television
[edit] Births
- 20 January - Stephen Crabb, politician
- 15 February - Adrian Lewis Morgan, actor
- 24 April - Gabby Logan, television presenter
- 3 May - Jamie Baulch, athlete
- 29 May - Lee Jones, footballer
- 6 July - Bradley Dredge, golfer
- 6 August - Donna Lewis, singer
- 21 August - Nicola Davies, politician
- 22 August - Lee Dainton, skateboarder
- 6 October - Ioan Gruffudd, actor
- 9 October - Sian Evans, singer
- 29 November - Ryan Giggs, footballer
[edit] Deaths
- 19 March - Sir Clement Price Thomas, surgeon
- 23 May - Kenneth Allott, poet and critic
- 29 July - Cecil Griffiths, athlete
- 9 August – Donald Peers, singer
- 11 August - Johnnie Clay, Test cricketer
- 21 September - C. H. Dodd, theologian
- date unknown
- Anne Griffith-Jones, educationist
- Elena Puw Morgan, novelist
- Sir David Hughes Parry, professor of law and university administrator
- Melville Richards, academic