This article is about the particular significance of the year 1975 to Wales and its people.
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Incumbents
Events
- 20 March - Opening of the Cleddau Bridge at Milford Haven.[5]
- 14 April - Actor/singer Michael Flanders dies suddenly of an intracranial berry aneurysm while on holiday in Betws-y-Coed.
- May - A leak from the Esso Tenby tanker off the coast of Pembrokeshire kills an estimated 1,300 seabirds.[6]
- 28 July - 8 people are injured when a train is derailed between Sarnau and St Clears.
- 19 November - The Wales national football team qualifies for the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 1976, beating Austria 1-0 in Wrexham.
- date unknown - The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust is established.
Arts and literature
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Criccieth)
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Gerallt Lloyd Owen
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Elwyn Roberts
- National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - withheld
New books
English language
- Gwynfor Evans - National Future for Wales
- Jeremy Hooker - Soliloquies of a Chalk Giant
- Emyr Humphries - Flesh and Blood
- Joseph Jenkins - Diary of a Welsh Swagman (posthumous)[7]
- Richard Llewellyn - Green, Green, My Valley Now
- Moelwyn Merchant - Breaking the Code
- Prys Morgan - Iolo Morganwg
- Leslie Norris - Mountains, Polecats, Pheasants and other Elegies
- Bernice Rubens - I Sent a Letter to My Love
- Peter Tinniswood - Except You're a Bird
- Rhydwen Williams - The Angry Vineyard
Welsh language
- Aneirin Talfan Davies - Diannerch Erchwyn a Cherddi Eraill[8]
- J. Eirian Davies - Cân Galed
- T. Glynne Davies - Marged
- Richard Cyril Hughes - Catrin o Ferain[9]
- T. Llew Jones - Tân ar y Comin[10]
- Alan Llwyd - Edrych Trwy Wydrau Lledrith[11]
- Marged Pritchard - Gwylanod ar y Mynydd[12]
- Eurys Rowlands (ed.) - Lewys Môn
- Gwyn Thomas - Y Pethau Diwethaf a Phethau Eraill[13]
New drama
- W. S. Jones - Y Toblarôn
- Saunders Lewis - Dwy Briodas Ann[14]
Music
- Max Boyce - We All Had Doctors' Papers[15]
- Edward H. Dafis - Ffordd Newydd Eingl-Americanaidd Grêt o Fyw[16]
- Dave Edmunds - Subtle As A Flying Mallet[17]
- Andy Fairweather-Low - La Booga Rooga, album featuring the top ten hit single "Wide Eyed and Legless"[18]
Film
- Rachel Roberts appears in Picnic at Hanging Rock.
- Ken Loach's Days of Hope is partly set in Wales.
Welsh-language films
- None
Broadcasting
Welsh-language television
- The Siberry Report recommends a new Welsh-language fourth channel broadcasting 25 hours a week of Welsh-language programmes, with BBC and HTV each responsible for 50% of the output.[19]
English-language television
- Grand Slam, starring Hugh Griffith and Windsor Davies
- How Green Was My Valley adapted for television by Elaine Morgan, starring Stanley Baker, Sian Phillips, Mike Gwilym, Nerys Hughes and Gareth Thomas.
- Angharad Rees stars in Poldark.
Sport
- Boxing – Pat Thomas wins the British Welterweight title.
- Darts – Wales win the Home International Series.
- Football – The Wales national football team qualifies for the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 1976.
- Snooker – Ray Reardon wins his fourth World Championship title.[20]
- Arfon Griffiths wins BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year.[21]
Births
- 12 March - Richard Harrington, actor[22]
- 21 March - Mark Williams, snooker player
- 5 April - John Hartson, footballer
- 22 May - Kelly Morgan, badminton player
- 18 June - Jem, singer
- 1 July - Hayley Tullett, athlete
- 24 July - Dafydd James, rugby player
- 4 September - Kai Owen, actor
- 26 September - Dai Thomas, footballer
- 19 October - Jamie Donaldson, golfer
- 28 October - Adrian Durston, rugby player
- 5 November - Lisa Scott-Lee, singer
- 25 November - Paul Mealor, composer
- date unknown
- Euros Childs, songwriter
- Cynan Jones, novelist
Deaths
- 14 February - Arthur Probert, politician, 67[23]
- 23 February - Ossie Male, rugby player, 81
- 3 March - T. H. Parry-Williams, poet, 87[24]
- 15 March - Edward James, cricketer, 78
- 6 April - Tom Morgan, cricketer, 81
- 23 April - Pete Ham, musician, leader of the group Badfinger (suicide), 27[25]
- 24 April - Stephen Halden Beattie, recipient of the Victoria Cross, 67[26]
- 21 May - A. H. Dodd, historian, 83[27]
- 7 June - Jack Smith, footballer, 63
- 7 August - Jim Griffiths, politician, 84[28]
- 27 August - Noel Morgan, cricketer, 69
- 4 September - Walley Barnes, footballer and broadcaster, 55
- 5 October - Will Davies, rugby player, 69
- 6 November - Norman Riches, cricketer
- 10 November - Emrys Davies, cricketer, 71
- 18 December - R. Ifor Parry, minister, teacher and philanthropist, 67[29]
- date unknown
- Robert Herring, poet and critic, 72[30]
- Alun Jeremiah Jones (Alun Cilie), poet[31]
- Huw Lloyd Edwards, dramatist
See also
References
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