1959 in Wales

1959
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:
1959 in
The United Kingdom
Ireland
Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1959 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Events

Flag of Wales approved in 1959

Arts and literature

Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Caernarfon)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – T. Llew Jones
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – Tom Huws
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – William Owen

New books

Music

Film

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

  • Lili Lon (children's programme)
  • Trysor o Gân (Treasury of Song)

English-language television

Sports

Births

Deaths

William Nantlais Williams, died 18 June

See also

References

  1. Barraclough, E.M.C. (1965). Flags of the World.
  2. "Welsh Flag (House of Commons Debates 600 cc121-2W – Written Answers)". Hansard. 1959-02-23. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
  3. Georgano, Nick (2000). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: HMSO. ISBN 1-57958-293-1.
  4. Gomer Morgan Roberts. "WILLIAMS, WILLIAM NANTLAIS (1874-1959), minister (Presb.), editor, poet and hymn writer". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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