1991 in Wales

1991 in Wales
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1991 in: The United Kingdom • England • Ireland • Scotland
Other events of 1991

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1991 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

6 January - A Maltese tanker, the Kimya, capsizes off the Anglesey coast. Ten crew members are drowned.
4 April - Peter Hain elected as MP for Neath in a by-election caused by the death of the sitting MP.
16 May - Huw Edwards elected as MP for Monmouth in a by-election caused by the death of the sitting MP
19 July - Dean Saunders, 27-year-old Welsh international striker, becomes the most expensive player to be signed by a British club when a £2.9million fee takes him from Derby County to Liverpool, who have broken the record fee in British football for the third time in four years.^[1]
August-September - Cardiff Ely Bread Riots: A dispute between two shopkeepers escalates into four consecutive nights of rioting in the Ely district of Cardiff.
25 October - Official opening of Conwy Crossing (immersed tube tunnel) to road traffic as part of A55 Conwy Bypass.
Welshman Eric Jones was one of a team of four who made the first hot-air balloon flight over Mount Everest.
Two Welsh soldiers are among those killed in the first Gulf War.

Simultaneous translation facilities are made available for the first time at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.
The first Pacific Northwest Welsh Weekend is held at Seattle.
Wyn Calvin becomes the first Welshman to be elected King Rat of the Order of Water Rats.
Cantorion Colin Jones is founded in Wrexham.

Football
- 5 June - Wales defeat Germany in the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying tournament.
Golf - Ian Woosnam wins the US Masters at Augusta, Georgia, becoming the first Welshman to win a major tournament.
Rugby union - Neil Jenkins plays his first rugby match for Wales, at the age of 19.

14 January - Donald Coleman, politician, 65
19 February - Tom Rees, Wales international rugby player, 77
24 March - Maudie Edwards, actress and singer, 84
29 March - John Stradling Thomas, politician, 65
15 May - Ronald Lacey, English actor of Welsh descent, 55
12 August - Edward George Bowen, CBE, physicist, 80
23 August - Innes Lloyd, TV producer, 66
31 August - Idwal Rees, Wales rugby union captain, 81
13 October - Donald Houston, actor, 67
22 December - Jim Lang, Wales rugby union player, 82
date unknown
- Robert Roland Hughes, neurologist
- Evan Roberts, conservationist
- John Petts, artist