1960 in Wales explained
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1960 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardiff)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair – withheld
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown – W. J. Gruffydd, "Unigedd"[7]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal – Rhiannon Davies Jones, Fe Hen Lyfr Cownt[8]
New books
New drama
Music
Albums
Film
Broadcasting
September – The Wales Television Association is formed.[13] On 6 June, the franchise is awarded to the Wales Television Association.
Welsh-language television
- Colegau Cerdd
- Her Yr Ifanc
English-language television
Sport
Births
- January – Anne Boden, banking executive[16]
- 16 January – Alun Huw Davies, vascular surgeon[17]
- 30 January – Peter Black AM, politician (in Wirral)
- 6 February – Jeremy Bowen, journalist and television presenter[18]
- 14 February – Dawn Bowden, politician[19]
- 15 February – Russell Coughlin, footballer (d. 2016)[20]
- 18 February – Rhys Parry Jones, actor
- 26 February – Roger Lewis, academic, biographer and journalist
- 30 April – Martin Phillips, darts player
- 3 May – Geraint Davies, politician[21]
- 4 May – Elfyn Edwards, golfer
- 9 May – Jillian Lane, spiritual medium (d. 2013)[22]
- 13 June – Sir Clive Buckland Lewis, judge[23]
- 19 June – Andrew Dilnot, economist, statistician and academic
- 23 June – Ricky Evans, rugby union player
- 29 June – Helen Mary Jones, politician (in Colchester)
- 13 July – Ian Hislop, satirist[24]
- 24 July – Gwilym Emyr Owen III, US-born singer-songwriter of Welsh descent
- 1 August – Lesley Griffiths, politician
- 29 October – Sue Jones, Dean of Liverpool[27]
- 12 December – Kelvin Smart, flyweight boxer
- 24 December – Carol Vorderman, television personality (in Bedford)[28]
- date unknown
Deaths
- 2 January – Leila Megàne, opera singer, c. 69[30]
- 13 January – Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke, 79[31]
- 17 January – E. Llwyd Williams, minister and poet, 53[32]
- 19 January – Charles Jones, Wales rugby international, 66[33]
- 27 January – Joseph "Joe" Jones, dual-code rugby international, 60
- 25 February – Sir Edward Enoch Jenkins, judge, 65[34]
- 30 March – Edward Evans, politician and disability campaigner, 77[35] [36]
- 11 April – William Llewellyn Morgan, Wales international rugby union player, 76
- 7 May – Mai Jones, songwriter, 61[37]
- 23 May – John Edwards, politician, 77[38]
- 4 June – Margaret Lindsay Williams, artist, 71
- 19 June – Thomas Alwyn Lloyd, architect, 78[39]
- 27 June – Harry Pollitt, politician, 69[40]
- 30 June – John Morgan Lloyd, musician and composer, 79[41]
- 6 July – Aneurin Bevan, politician, 62[42]
- 9 July – John Dyke, Wales international rugby union player, 76
- 24 August – Dai Edwards, Wales dual-code rugby international, 64[43]
- 25 August – Tommy Jones-Davies, Wales international rugby player, 54
- 30 August – "Taffy" Jones, First World War flying ace, 64[44]
- 31 August – Edith Picton-Turbervill, social reformer, writer and politician, 88[45]
- 3 September – Frank Hawkins, rugby international, 75
- 27 September – George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, politician, 66[46]
- 29 October – Horace Williams, footballer, c. 60
- 20 December – Harry Uzzell, Wales international rugby union captain, 77
- 22 December – Evan Davies, politician, 85[49]
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Will Farmer. Rob Higgins. Portmeirion. 20 July 2012. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-0-7478-1126-8. 17.
- Book: Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 0-14-102715-0. 2006.
- News: Welsh pit blast kills miners. BBC. On This Day. 2013-03-05. 28 June 1960. https://web.archive.org/web/20080307131924/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/28/newsid_2520000/2520665.stm. 7 March 2008. live.
- News: Cathedral's New Vistas: Llandaff Restoration Work Completed. The Times. London. 1960-08-05. 10. 54842.
- News: Welsh Nationalist Sent to Prison. The Times. London. 1960-09-06. 6. 54869.
- News: Duke To Open Milford Haven Oil Refinery Today. The Times. London. 1960-11-03. 7. 54919.
- Web site: Crown Winners. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 22 December 2020.
- Web site: Winners of the Prose Medal. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 22 December 2020.
- Book: Meic Stephens. The New Companion to the Literature of Wales. 1998. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1383-1. 25.
- Book: Katie Gramich. Kate Roberts. 15 February 2011. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-2339-7. 90.
- Web site: Most Recorded Choir. Treorchy Male Choir. 18 September 2020.
- Web site: Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German. operadis-opera-discography. 18 September 2020.
- Book: Johnson, Catherine. Turnock, Rob. Itv Cultures: Independent Television Over Fifty Years: Independent Television Over Fifty Years. 1 September 2005. McGraw-Hill Education (UK). 978-0-335-21729-8. 96.
- Book: Academi Gymreig. The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. 2008. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1953-6. 858.
- Web site: BBC Wales Sport Personality winners . BBC Sport . 29 July 2021.
- News: Anne Boden, Starling CEO, on how she went from banker to fintech entrepreneur in midlife. Driscoll. Margarette. 2019-10-08. The Telegraph. 2020-01-26. en-GB. 0307-1235.
- Web site: Professor Alun Davies. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. 24 November 2019.
- Web site: Jeremy Bowen. BBC News. 13 May 2020.
- 'BOWDEN, Dawn', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 30 Sept 2017
- Web site: COUGHLIN Russell James. Funeral Notices. 13 May 2020.
- Book: Dod's Parliamentary Companion. 2004. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. 978-0-905702-51-3. 142.
- News: Obituary: Jillian Lane. Telegraph.co.uk. 18 October 2013.
- Web site: Lewis, Hon. Sir Clive (Buckland). Who's Who. 19 August 2020.
- Web site: Ian Hislop. BBC. 13 May 2020.
- Web site: Carolyn Harris MP . myparliament.info . MyParliament . 11 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170811145701/http://myparliament.info/Member/4480 . 11 August 2017 . dead .
- Book: Dod's Parliamentary Companion. 2010. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited. 978-0-905702-89-6. 242.
- Web site: Jones, Very Rev. Dr Susan Helen. Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.254739. 1 December 2017.
- Book: Pedigree Books, Limited. Yours Year Book 2008. September 2007. Pedigree Books, Limited. 978-1-905302-66-6. 163.
- Book: William Owen Roberts. Petrograd. 1 November 2015. Parthian Books. 978-1-910409-96-1. 5.
- Obituary, The Times, Monday, 4 January 1960
- Book: The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. 1963. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 230.
- Web site: Williams, Ernest Llwyd (1899-1960), pianist, composer and producer of light programmes on radio. Benjamin George Owens. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 30 June 2019.
- Web site: Charles Jones. ESPN Scrum. 9 June 2019.
- Book: The Law Journal. 1960. Law Journal. 178.
- News: Mr. Edward Evans Welfare Of The Deaf And Blind. 31 March 1960. The Times. 14. London.
- Book: Stenton . Michael . Lees . Stephens . Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979 . 1981 . The Harvester Press . Brighton . 0-85527-335-6 . 111.
- Web site: Jones, Gladys May, 'Mai' (1906-1960), minister (B), poet and writer. Huw Williams. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 30 June 2019.
- Web site: Edwards, John (1882-1960), politician and barrister. Evan David Jones. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 19 August 2020.
- Web site: Lloyd, Thomas Alwyn (1881-1960), architect and town planner. Evan David Jones. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 30 June 2019.
- Book: Morgan, Kevin . Pollitt, Harry (1890–1960) . . H. C. G. Matthew . Colin Matthew . Brian Harrison . Brian Harrison (historian) . Lawrence Goldman . Lawrence Goldman . Oxford . . 2004 . Online January 2011 . http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35560 . 2012-01-12.
- Web site: John Morgan Lloyd. Huw Williams. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 2 May 2016.
- Web site: Bevan, Aneurin (1897-1960), politician and one of the founders of the Welfare State. John Graham Jones. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 30 June 2019.
- http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/2726.html Dai Edwardsrugby union player profile
- News: Ira (Taffy) Jones, 65, Famed War Flier, Dies . . . 30 August 1960 . 29 . 15 April 2015.
- Turbervill, Edith Picton- (1872–1960), social reformer. 2004. en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/45465. Pedersen. Susan . Susan Pedersen (historian).
- Web site: Morgan, George, 1st Baron Trefgarne of Cleddau (1894-1960), barrister-at-law and politician. Mary Auronwy James. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 30 June 2019.
- Web site: Statistics at swansearfc.co.uk. swansearfc.co.uk. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
- Book: Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died During the Period .... 1961. A. & C. Black. 336.
- Book: Stenton . Michael . Lees . Stephen . Who's Who of British Members of Parliament . III . 1979 . Harvester Press . Brighton . 0855273259 . 90.