1990 in Wales explained
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1990 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
Events
- 26 February - The sea wall at Towyn is breached, resulting in flood damage to 2,800 homes, and the evacuation of a further 2,000.[6]
- 10 June - Death of John Evans, Britain's oldest man whose age (112 years and 295 days) could be authenticated.[7]
- 2 August - Highest ever temperature recorded in Wales until 2022, 35.2 °C (95.4 °F) at Hawarden.[8]
- 27 September - Brymbo Steelworks last tapped.[9]
- 1 November - Veteran Conservative politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns from the government.
- December - Privatisation of the former South Wales Electricity Board (SWEB) and Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board (MANWEB).
- 21 December - Last underground shift worked at Mardy Colliery.[10]
- date unknown - Following a referendum, the Vaynor Community Council in Merthyr Tydfil is abolished, the first time such an action has taken place.
Arts and literature
- Commercial sponsorship of the National Eisteddfod of Wales exceeds £1 million for the first time ever.
- Griffith R. Williams of Llithfaen, Gwynedd, publishes his autobiography, Cofio canrif, making him the world's oldest author at 102.
- Geraint Talfan Davies becomes Controller of BBC Wales.[11]
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Rhymney Valley)[12]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Myrddin ap Dafydd, "Gwythiennau"[13]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Iwan Llwyd, "Gwreichion"[14]
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld[15]
- Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Geraint V. Jones, Yn y Gwaed[16]
New books
Welsh language
- Sioned Davies - Pedair Keinc y Mabinogi
- Hywel Teifi Edwards - Codi'r Hen Wlad yn ei Hôl[19]
- Alun Jones - Plentyn y Bwtias[20]
- Dic Jones - Os Hoffech Wybod
- R. Gerallt Jones - Cerddi 1955-1989
- Gwyneth Lewis - Sonedau Redsa A Cherddi Eraill
- Selyf Roberts - Gorwel Agos
Music
Film
Welsh-language films
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
English-language television
Sport
Births
- 10 March - Luke Rowe, cyclist[23]
- 14 March – Joe Allen, footballer
- 1 April – Joe Partington, footballer
- 17 April – Jonathan Brown, footballer
- 19 August – Laura Deas, skeleton racer[24]
- 17 September – Jazmin Carlin, swimmer[25]
- 16 October - Natalie Powell, judoka[26]
- 23 October - Sian Williams, rugby player
- 14 November – Casey Thomas, footballer
- 22 November - Steffan Jones, rugby player
- 26 December – Aaron Ramsey, footballer[27]
Deaths
- 4 January – Alwyn Sheppard Fidler, architect, 80[28]
- 20 January – Trevor Every, cricketer, 80
- 2 February – Joe Erskine, boxer, 56
- 12 March – Alf Sherwood, footballer, 66
- 13 March – Llewellyn Heycock, Baron Heycock, politician, 84
- 25 March – David Evans, cricketer and umpire, 56[29]
- 2 April – Peter Jones, radio commentator, 60
- 4 May – John Ormond, poet and film-maker, 67[30]
- 9 June – Angus McBean, photographer, 86
- 10 June – John Evans, world's oldest man at the time, 112[31]
- 17 June – Menna Gallie, writer[32]
- 24 June – Sean Hughes, politician of Welsh parentage, 44 (cancer)[33]
- 7 July – Idwal Davies, rugby player, 74
- 6 September – Jack Howells, film-maker, 77[34]
- 29 October – Emrys Roberts, politician, 80[35]
- 1 November – Jack Petersen, former British heavyweight boxing champion, 79[36]
- 8 November – Ned Jenkins, Wales international rugby player, 86
- 13 November – Richard Lewis, operatic tenor, 76[37]
- 22 November – Cliff Jones, Wales international rugby captain, 76
- 23 November – Roald Dahl, Cardiff-born children's writer, 74[38]
- 27 November – Cliff Jones, rugby player, 76
- 5 December – Eric Whitman, cricketer, 81
- 23 December – Gwilym Williams, former Archbishop of Wales, 77[39]
- date unknown – Cliff Birch, footballer
See also
Notes and References
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- Web site: Lord Hunt of Wirral. UK Parliament. 31 May 2022.
- News: The Right Rev George Noakes: Archbishop of Wales, 1987-1991 . 22 July 2008. Times, The (London). 27 July 2008.
- Web site: Former Archdruid of Wales Emrys Roberts dies at 82. 1 April 2012. 30 March 2012 . BBC News.
- Book: Meic Stephens. Necrologies: A Book of Welsh Obituaries. 2008. Seren. 978-1-85411-476-1. 221.
- Book: Nicola Arber. Geography Matters. 2001. Heinemann. 978-0-435-35517-3. 30.
- Book: Donald McFarlan. The Guinness Book of Records 1992. 1991. Guinness World Records Limited. 978-0-85112-378-3. 67.
- Book: Simons, Paul. Since Records Began. London. Collins. 2008. 978-0-00-728463-4. 245.
- Web site: The Last Tap. Wrexham County Borough Council. 2018-05-02.
- Book: David Gould. Chronicle of the Year 1990. November 1991. J Bradbury & Associates. 978-1-872031-10-1. 104.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/444363.stm Controller of BBC Wales to retire
- Book: Fodor's. Great Britain, 1990. 25 November 1989. Fodor's Travel Publications. 978-0-679-01770-7. 357.
- Web site: Winners of the Chair. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
- Web site: Winners of the Crown. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 17 November 2019.
- Web site: Winners of the Prose Medal. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 7 November 2019.
- Web site: Geraint V. Jones. Gomer. 21 December 2019.
- Book: Meic Stephens. Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru. 1998. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1383-1. 322. cy.
- Book: University Lecturer in History David Abulafia. The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 5, C.1198-c.1300. 1995. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-36289-4. 979.
- Book: Daniel G. Williams. Wales Unchained: Literature, Politics and Identity in the American Century. 15 April 2015. University of Wales Press. 978-1-78316-214-7. 293.
- Book: Alfred Owen Hughes Jarman. Gwilym Rees Hughes. Dafydd Johnston. A Guide to Welsh Literature: c. 1900-1996. 1998. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1424-1. 194.
- Web site: Catherine Zeta-Jones. Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Collar, Camilla. April 25, 2013.
- News: BBC Wales Sport Personality winners . BBC Sport . 2 August 2021.
- Web site: Luke Rowe. Pro Cycling Stats. 21 December 2019.
- Web site: Laura Deas won Winter Olympic Bronze in PyeongChang in February 2018. BBSA. 21 December 2019.
- Web site: Jazz Carlin. IOC. 17 January 2021.
- Web site: Natalie Powell. Glasgow 2014access-date=21 December 2019.
- Web site: Aaron Ramsey. IOC. 17 January 2021.
- Book: Journal. 1990. RIBA Magazines. 91.
- Book: . 1991 . . Obituaries . 1260 .
- Book: M. Wynn Thomas. John Ormond. 1997. University of Wales Press. 978-0-7083-1406-7. 62.
- Web site: John Evans, 112; Guinness Book Listed Him as World's Oldest Man. June 11, 1990. Los Angeles Times. 17 January 2021.
- Web site: Gallie, Menna Patricia (1919-1990), writer. John P. Jenkins. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 10 February 2019.
- Sean Hughes obituary, The Times, 26 June 1990.
- Web site: Jack Howells. https://web.archive.org/web/20190210044520/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ee5968c. dead. February 10, 2019. BFI. 17 January 2021.
- s6-ROBE-OWE-1910. Roberts, Emrys Owen (1910-1990), Liberal politician and public servant. John Graham Jones. 2008. 29 May 2022.
- s10-PETE-CHA-1911. Peterson, John Charles (Jack Petersen) (1911-1990), boxer. Mel Williams. National Library of Wales. 21 December 2019.
- Web site: Richard Lewis. Bach Cantatas. 17 January 2021.
- Book: Colin Matthew. Henry Colin Gray Matthew. Brief Lives: Twentieth-century Pen Portraits from the Dictionary of National Biography. 1999. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-280089-3. 171.
- Book: NA NA. The Macmillan Guide to the United Kingdom 1978-79. 25 December 2015. Springer. 978-1-349-81511-1. 875.
- Book: Meic Stephens. Poetry 1900-2000. 2007. Parthian. 978-1-902638-88-1. 41.