1964 in Wales

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1964 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1964 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

March – A representative of the National Coal Board writes to Mr DCW Jones, the Merthyr Tydfil Borough and Waterworks engineer, stating that they “would not like to continue beyond the next 6/8 weeks in tipping" coal slurry on Tip No 7 at Aberfan "where it is likely to be a source of danger to Pantglas school”. Two and a half years later the tip would destroy the school, killing 116 children.^[1]
15 March – Richard Burton marries Elizabeth Taylor (for the first time) in Montreal.
April – George Street Bridge, Newport opens, the first cable-stayed bridge in the UK.
15 October – In the United Kingdom general election, Wales elects 28 Labour MPs, six Conservatives and two Liberals.
- Alan Williams becomes MP for Swansea West
- Ioan Evans becomes MP for Birmingham Yardley.
- Leslie Thomas, son of Labour stalwart, Jimmy Thomas, becomes Conservative MP for Canterbury.
17 October – The Welsh Office is established, under the leadership of a Secretary of State for Wales (Jim Griffiths).
11 November – Politician Alun Gwynne Jones is raised to the peerage with the title Baron Chalfont of Llantarnam.
Pembroke Refinery comes on stream.
Civic Trust for Wales formed to promote conservation and enhancement of the built environment.
Opening of the Edgar Evans building at the Royal Navy shore establishment on Whale Island, Portsmouth.

Richard Burton stars in The Night of the Iguana.
Siân Phillips takes her first major film role in Becket, alongside her husband Peter O'Toole and Burton.
Victor Spinetti appears with The Beatles in A Hard Day's Night. Alun Owen's screenplay is nominated for an Academy Award.

Olympic Games – Lynn Davies wins the gold medal in the men's long jump.
Rugby union
- 1 February – Wales defeat Scotland 11-3 in Cardiff. Stuart Watkins makes his international debut.
- 7 March – Wales defeat Ireland 15-6 in Dublin. John Dawes makes his international debut.
- Wales win the Five Nations Championship.
- The Welsh national side makes its first overseas tour, to South Africa.
Tennis – Gerald Battrick wins the British and French junior championships.
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Lynn Davies

4 January – Arthur Wade-Evans, historian, 88
7 January – Cyril Davies, harmonica player, 31
14 February
- Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans, civil servant, 69
- William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, 78
14 August – Redvers Sangoe, Light-heavyweight boxer, 28
14 September – Fitzroy Richard Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, anthropologist, 79
9 October – Thomas Jones Pierce, historian, 59
4 November – Harry Randall, lawyer and historian, 86
30 November – Sir John Cecil-Williams, lawyer and secretary of the Cymmrodorion, 72
4 December – James 'Tuan' Jones, Wales and British Lion rugby player, 81
date unknown – Leslie Morris, Welsh-Canadian politician, 60

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