1965 in Wales

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	List of years in Wales; 1965 in The United Kingdom Ireland Scotland

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1965 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

May – Opening of Llandegfedd Reservoir by Newport Corporation.^[1]
17 May – Thirty-one miners are killed in a mining accident at the Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, Rhondda.
24 May – The first drive-on car ferry service between Fishguard and Rosslare Harbour (Ireland) officially opens.
15 June – The Hughes-Parry Committee submits its report on the legal status of the Welsh language.^[2]
21 October – Official opening of Llyn Celyn reservoir.
12 December – The Beatles' last live U.K. tour concludes with two performances at the Capitol, Cardiff.^[3]
17 December – A landslide on the main railway line at Bridgend kills a train driver and co-driver.
Foundation of Undeb y Cymraeg Byw ("Union of Living Welsh").

5 January – Vinnie Jones, footballer
2 March (in Bangor, County Down) – Lembit Öpik, politician
6 March – Allan Bateman, rugby player
1 April – Alexandra Shân "Tiggy" Legge-Bourke, royal nanny
9 April – Colin Pascoe, footballer
April – Manon Antoniazzi, née Jenkins, Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales
3 May – Rob Brydon, comedian and actor
8 May – Andy Dibble, footballer
11 May – Jeremy Goss, footballer
25 August – David Taylor, soccer player and manager
13 September – Andrew Williams, cricketer
16 October – Floyd Havard, British super-featherweight boxing champion
30 October – Michael Tremellen, cricketer
9 November – Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone singer
date unknown – Patrick Jones, poet and author

29 January – T. Harri Jones, poet and academic, 43
4 February – Llywelyn Williams, politician, 53
5 February – Sir David Brunt, meteorologist, 78
22 April – Glyn Stephens, Wales international rugby union captain, 73
3 May – Howard Spring, novelist, 76
29 May – Steve Morris, Wales international rugby player, 68
16 June – Dai Parker, Wales and British Lion rugby player, 60
17 July (in Scarborough) – Dan Lewis, footballer
1 October – Gareth Hughes, actor, 71
9 October – Russell Taylor, Wales international rugby player, 50
22 October – William Williams, Victoria Cross recipient, 75
31 October – John Roberts, Wales international rugby player, 59
4 November – Ifor Williams, academic, 84
8 November – George Henry Hall, politician, 83
23 November – Murray Humphreys, Chicago mobster of Welsh descent, 66
26 December – Llewellyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies, Victoria Cross recipient, 87
29 December – Claude Warner, cricketer, 83

↑ Davis, Haydn. "Chronology of the Twentieth Century". Newport Past. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
↑ Hansard 1965.
↑ "Live: Capitol Cinema, Cardiff". The Beatles Bible. 1965-12-12. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
↑ Nightingale, Benedict (1965-03-27). "review: The Homecoming at Cardiff". The Guardian. p. 6.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.