1987 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1987 to Wales and its people.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
- Princess of Wales - Diana, Princess of Wales
- Secretary of State for Wales - Peter Walker
- Archbishop of Wales - George Noakes
[edit] Events
- 12 January - The lowest daytime maximum temperature ever recorded in Wales ( -8.0 °C) is recorded at Trecastle, Powys.
- 24 May - Neil Kinnock is interviewed by David Frost about Labour's defence policy and plans for government.
- 11 June - In the general election
- Plaid Cymru's Ieuan Wyn Jones wins the seat of Ynys Môn from the Conservatives. Plaid retain their other two parliamentary seats.
- Alun Michael replaces James Callaghan as MP for Cardiff South.
- Labour's Paul Flynn wins back Newport West from the Conservatives.
- October - Flooding affects many parts of Wales. Four people are killed when a train falls into the River Tywi at Glanrhyd.
- October - Keith Best, former Conservative MP for Ynys Môn, is sentenced to four months' imprisonment for share-dealing activities, but only serves five days.
- The Welsh language is used within the Vatican for the first time on an official occasion, as part of a beatification ceremony for three Welsh martyrs.
- A planning application is turned down at Llanrhaeadr, Clwyd, on the grounds that it would be detrimental to the Welsh language. It is the first time such a decision has ever been made.
- The Roman Catholic Church in Wales creates a new Diocese of Wrexham and moves the Diocese of Menevia to Swansea.
- Creation of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
- Roy Jenkins becomes Baron Jenkins of Hillhead and is elected Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Jim Burns becomes the first non-American to win the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist.
[edit] Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Porthmadog)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Ieuan Wyn
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - John Griffith Jones
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Margiad Williams
[edit] New books
- Dannie Abse - Ask the Bloody Horse
- Euros Bowen - Oes y Medwsa
- Rees Davies - Wales: The Age Of Conquest, 1063-1415
- Stephen Gregory - The Cormorant
- Douglas Houston - With the Offal Eaters
- Nesta Wyn Jones - Rhwng Chwerthin a Chrio
- Alan Llwyd - Barddoniaeth y Chwedegau
- Gwylon Phillips - Llofruddiaeth Shadrach Lewis
- J. Beverley Smith - Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
- Frances Thomas - Seeing Things
- Peter Thomas - Strangers from a Secret Land
- R. S. Thomas - Welsh Airs
- Rhydwen Williams - Amser i Wylo
[edit] Music
- Anrhefn - Defaid Skateboard a Wellies
- The Alarm - Eye Of The Hurricane (album)
- Frank Hennessy - Thoughts and Memories (album)
- Karl Wallinger - Private Revolution (album)
[edit] Film
- Christian Bale stars in Empire of the Sun.
- Timothy Dalton makes his debut as James Bond in The Living Daylights.
[edit] Welsh-language films
- Rhosyn a Rhith (Coming Up Roses), directed by Stephen Bayly
[edit] Broadcasting
[edit] English-language radio
- John Humphrys becomes a regular presenter on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
[edit] Welsh-language television
- Ioan Gruffudd joins the cast of Pobol y Cwm.
[edit] Sport
- Welsh Sports Personality of the Year - Ian Woosnam
[edit] Births
- 21 January - Joe Ledley, footballer
- 4 September - Mike O'Shea, cricketer
[edit] Deaths
- 4 February - Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, writer and broadcaster
- 4 April - Richard Ithamar Aaron, philosopher
- 22 May - Keidrych Rhys, poet and editor
- 4 September - Richard Marquand, film director
- 11 September - Hugh David, television director
- 25 September - Emlyn Williams, dramatist and actor
- 27 December - Anna Eliza Williams, oldest documented person in the world
- date unknown
- Dorothy Rees, politician
- Albert Clifford Williams, politician, Labour MP for Abertillery 1965–1970
