1957 in Wales

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See also:	List of years in Wales 1957 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1957 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – vacant
• Princess of Wales – vacant
• Archbishop of Wales
  • John Morgan, Bishop of Llandaff (died 26 June)
  • Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth (elected)
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales
  • Dyfnallt (outgoing)
  • William Morris (incoming)

Events

• 18 January – Nigel Birch is appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
• 25 February – Goronwy Rees, Principal of the University of Wales College Aberystwyth, resigns following allegations that he has spied for the Soviet Union.
• 1 July – Royal physician Horace Evans is created Baron Evans of Merthyr Tydfil.
• 6 July – The Royal Welsh Show is held at Blaendolau; the showground is flooded to a depth of 1 metre.
• 16 July – Five people drown in a boating accident at Barmouth.
• 31 July – The Tryweryn Bill, permitting Liverpool City Council to build a reservoir which will drown the village of Capel Celyn, becomes law.
• 8 September – The town hall at Aberystwyth is seriously damaged by fire.
• 12 December – Wales gets its own minister of state in the Westminster government for the first time.
• Morgan Phillips and Aneurin Bevan, along with Richard Crossman, successfully sue The Spectator for libel.
• Brecon Beacons becomes a national park.

Arts and literature

• Paul Robeson addresses the Miners' Eisteddfod at Porthcawl via a transatlantic link to the miners' leader Will Paynter.
• Elizabeth Rees-Williams marries Richard Harris.

Film

• Donald Houston stars in The Girl in the Picture.

Broadcasting

• Alun Oldfield-Davies becomes senior regional BBC controller, after several years of successful campaigning for Welsh-language television.

Sport

• Football
  • Swansea-born John Charles transfers from Leeds United to Juventus of Turin for a transfer fee of £65,000 (almost double the previous British record)
  • Pelé scores a hattrick against Wales
• BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Dai Rees
• Inaugural Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy competition held; Taibach RFC are champions.

Births

• 10 March – Terry Holmes, rugby player
• 19 March (in Birmingham) – Jane Davidson, AM, politician
• 20 April – Geraint Wyn Davies, actor
• 26 April – Edwina Hart, AM, politician
• 17 May – Anne Main, educator and politician
• 12 June – Javed Miandad, former Glamorgan cricketer
• 1 July – Wayne David MP, politician
• 20 July – Chris Bromham, stuntman
• 11 August – Leighton Andrews AM, politician
• 11 October
  • (in Holyhead) Dawn French, actress and comedian
  • Jon Langford, musician
• 10 November – Nigel Evans, MP, politician

Deaths

• 30 July – William Richard Arnold, rugby player, 76
• 6 June – John Morgan, Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Llandaff, 71
• 1 August – Llewellyn Lloyd, Wales international rugby union player, 80
• 20 August – Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, explorer and admiral, 75
• 12 September – Tom Pearson, Wales national rugby player, 85
• 26 September – Arthur Powell Davies, Unitarian minister and writer, 55
• 12 November – Wilfred Hodder, Wales international rugby player, 61
• 7 December – Maurice Jones, priest and academic, 94
• 9 December – Llewellyn Gwynne, first bishop of Egypt and Sudan, 94

See also

• 1957 in Northern Ireland