1970 in Wales

1970 in Wales
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1970 in: The United Kingdom • Ireland • Scotland
Other events of 1970

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1970 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

11 January - The last trolleybuses run on the Cardiff trolleybus system, the last such system in Wales.
23 May - The 120-year-old Britannia Bridge built by Robert Stephenson across the Menai Strait is destroyed by fire.
2 June - During the construction of the Cleddau Bridge, a cantilever collapses, resulting in the deaths of four workers. It is the last major bridge disaster in the UK.
18 June - In the UK General Election:
- S. O. Davies, having resigned from the Labour Party, retains his Parliamentary seat of Merthyr Tydfil, standing as an Independent Labour candidate.
- Gwynfor Evans loses his seat at Carmarthen.
- Jim Griffiths retires as MP for Llanelli, to be replaced by Denzil Davies.
- Nigel Birch retires from the House of Commons, to be created Baron Rhyl.
25 October - Pope Paul VI canonizes the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, who include the priests Philip Evans and John Lloyd, John Jones, David Lewis, John Roberts, and the teacher Richard Gwyn.^[1]
Dr Phil Williams becomes the first Chairman of Plaid Cymru.

Richard Burton appears in the stage version of Equus.
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page retreat to Bron-Yr-Aur to write songs for Led Zeppelin III.

Coverage of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod is the first colour programme to be made by BBC Wales.

BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - David Broome
Boxing - Eddie Avoth wins the Commonwealth lightweight title.
Snooker - Ray Reardon wins the World Professional Championship for the first time.
Show Jumping - David Broome wins the individual Show Jumping World Championship.

3 January - Trefor Morgan, financier, 55
4 January - David John Williams (D. J. Williams), author and Plaid Cymru politician, 84
23 January - Ifan ab Owen Edwards, founder of the Urdd, 74
26 January - Albert Evans-Jones (Cynan), poet, 74
2 February - Bertrand Russell, philosopher, 97
16 February - Bil Perry, Wales international rugby player, 83
20 April - Thomas Iorwerth Ellis, academic, 70
29 April - Bryn Evans, Welsh rugby international, 68
7 May - Jack Jones, novelist, 75
30 May - John Edward Jones, Plaid Cymru leader, 64
3 June - John Robert Jones, philosophy professor, 58
9 June - Billy Spiller, cricketer and rugby player, 83
10 July - Isaac Griffiths, politician in Canada, 78
7 November - Naunton Wayne, actor, 69
9 November - Huw T. Edwards, trade union leader and politician, 77

↑ National Calendar for Wales, Liturgy Office for England and Wales, accessed 31 July 2011

1970 in Europe

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