1934 in Wales

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1934 in Wales
Other years
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1934 in: The United Kingdom • Ireland • Scotland
Other events of 1934

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1934 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

22 September - At Gresford Colliery in Wrexham, 265 miners are killed in a mining accident. Later in the year, Paul Robeson performs in Caernarfon in a benefit concert for victims of the accident.
23 October - Opening of the Guildhall, Swansea, designed by Percy Thomas.
Anthracite production in Wales reaches its peak.
The Special Areas Act is passed to help areas such as the South Wales Valleys that have been particularly affected by the Great Depression in the United Kingdom.
Courtaulds establishes a rayon factory at Greenfield.
Aneurin Bevan marries fellow MP Jennie Lee.
Tudor Thomas' work on corneal grafting restores the sight of a man who had been nearly blind for 27 years.

Edward Tegla Davies - Y Llwybr Arian
D. Gwenallt Jones - Plasau'r Brenin
Jack Jones - Rhondda Roundabout
Howard Spring - Shabby Tiger
Dylan Thomas - 18 Poems (his first collection, including "The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower")

Ray Milland appears in We're Not Dressing.
Gareth Hughes appears in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.
Yr Ail Fordaith Gymraeg (Second Welsh Cruise), a silent film made by Ifan ab Owen Edwards focusing on the activities of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (with Welsh-language titles)

Badminton - Wales is a founder member of the Badminton World Federation.
Cricket - Cyril Walters becomes the first Welshman to captain an England Test team
Rugby Union
- 10 March - Wales defeat Ireland 13–0 in a game held at St Helen's, Swansea

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