1963 in Wales

← 1962 1961 1960 1963 in Wales → 1964 1965 1966
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	List of years in Wales 1963 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1963 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

• Prince of Wales – Charles
• Princess of Wales – vacant
• Archbishop of Wales – Edwin Morris, Bishop of Monmouth
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Cynan

Events

Arts and literature

• The home and cultural centre of Gregynog Hall at Tregynon in Montgomeryshire is given to the University of Wales by owners and art-collectors, Margaret and Gwendoline Davies, granddaughters of Victorian industrialist David Davies.
• A scientific journal in the Welsh language, Y Gwyddonydd, is launched.
• The Beatles play at Mold 24 January; Cardiff 27 May; Abergavenny 22 June; Rhyl 19–20 July; and Llandudno 12–17 August.

Film

• Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor star in Cleopatra.
• Desmond Llewelyn makes his first appearance as "Q" in the James Bond series of films.
• Rachel Roberts stars in This Sporting Life
• Jack Howells wins the Academy Award for Dylan Thomas at the 35th Academy Awards in the category of Best Documentary Short. As of 2011 it is the only Welsh film to have won an Oscar.

Broadcasting

• The ITV franchise Wales (West and North) Television (WWN) (also called "Teledu Cymru") becomes the only company in Independent Television history to go bankrupt, and is taken over by TWW.

Sport

• BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Howard Winstone

Births

• 22 January – Huw Irranca-Davies, politician
• 27 April – Russell T Davies, television screenwriter
• 14 May – Andrew Lewis, composer
• 8 June – Louise Jones, cyclist
• 15 June – Nigel Walker, athlete and rugby player
• 28 June – Peter Baynham, comedian
• 10 July – Ian Lougher, motorcycle racer
• August – Rebecca Evans, opera singer
• 19 October – Phil Davies, rugby union player
• 1 November – Mark Hughes, footballer and football manager
• 28 November – Charles Dale, television actor
• 7 December – Mark Bowen, footballer
• 16 December – Hugh Morris, cricketer
• 19 December – Paul Rhys, actor
• 28 December – Simon Thomas, politician

Deaths

• 1 January – David Mort, Labour MP for Swansea East, 74
• 11 January – Philippa Powys, novelist, 76
• 13 March – Margaret Davies, philanthropist, 78
• 15 January – Morgan Phillips, politician, 60
• 15 March – William Cove, politician, 74
• 15 April – Edward V. Robertson, US senator, 81
• 25 May – William Lewis, chemist
• 17 June – John Cowper Powys, novelist, 90
• 6 July – John Osborn Williams, politician in Newfoundland, 77
• 29 July – Frank Moody, British boxing champion, 62
• 11 September – William Richard Williams, civil servant and politician, 68
• 26 September – Goronwy Owen, politician, 82
• 1 October – Tal Harris, Wales international rugby player, 61
• 11 October – Emlyn Garner Evans, lawyer and politician, 53
• 26 October – Horace Evans, royal physician, 60
• 16 December – Llewellyn Evans, Olympic hockey player, 84
• 20 December – Reg Skrimshire, Wales and British Lions rugby union player, 85
• 26 December – Gwynn Parry Jones, singer, 72
• 30 December – Rees Williams, footballer, 63

See also

• 1963 in Northern Ireland

Notes