1969 in Wales

1969 in Wales
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1969 in: The United Kingdom • Ireland • Scotland
Other events of 1969

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1969 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

11 June - The Prince of Wales' new standard is flown for the first time.
20 June - Llandudno Cable Car opened, the longest gondola lift system in the UK.
July - Closure of Dinorwic slate quarry.
1 July
- The Prince of Wales, is invested with his title at Caernarfon.
- Six members of the Free Wales Army are convicted of public order and firearms offences; three are imprisoned.
3 July - Swansea is granted city status.
Registration of births and deaths in the Welsh language is allowed for the first time.
The Development of Tourism Act 1969 paves the way for creation of the Wales Tourist Board.
Clashes between police and anti-apartheid protesters occur when the touring South African rugby team play Swansea.
The South Wales Constabulary is created by merging the police forces of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil.
Engineer Morien Morgan becomes Director of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough and is knighted.

Dafydd Iwan co-founds Sain Recordiau Cyf, which would become the major Welsh-language record label.

Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) publishes a pamphlet entitled Broadcasting in Wales: To Enrich or Destroy Our National Life?

Philip Madoc has roles in Manhunt!, The Avengers, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Champions and The Detective, among others.

20 January - Roy Evans, footballer, 25 (car crash)
14 February - Ernest Roberts, politician, 78
10 March - Jimmy Wilde, boxer, 76
27 March - David Lloyd, tenor, 56
31 March - Percy Jones, Wales international rugby player, 82
5 April - Mal Griffiths, footballer, 50
15 April - Cowboy Morgan Evans, Texan rodeo rider of Welsh descent, 66
4 May - Albert Stock, Wales international rugby player, 72
21 May - Ben Beynon, Welsh rugby union international and Swansea Town player, 75
28 May - Rhys Williams, actor, 71
7 July - William David Davies, theologian, 72
19 August - Percy Thomas, architect, 85
1 October - Dai Richards, footballer, 62
18 October - Emrys Hughes, politician, 75
21 November - D. B. Wyndham-Lewis, author, 78
7 December (in London) - Hugh Williams, dramatist, 65
20 December - Eleanor Evans, singer, 76