1984 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1984 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
*Princess of Wales - Diana, Princess of Wales
*Secretary of State for Wales - Nicholas Edwards
*Archbishop of Wales - Derrick Childs
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Geraint

Events

*March 2 - Carmarthen MP Dr Roger Thomas announces his resignation, having been prosecuted for importuning.
*March 12 - The miners' strike begins, with a solid turn out from all NUM mines in Wales
*July 19 - Lleyn Peninsula earthquake
*November 30 - Taxi driver David Wilkie is killed when a concrete block is dropped onto his car as he drives a strikebreaker to work on the M4 motorway. Dean Hancock and Russell Shankland of Rhymney are later convicted of murder.
*Dafydd Wigley resigns as leader of Plaid Cymru for domestic reasons.
*Sam Edwards becomes Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge.
*Clive Sinclair's C5 electric vehicle is manufactured at the Hoover works in Merthyr Tydfil.
*Creation of Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments Executive Agency.

Arts and literature

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Awards

*Griff Rhys Jones wins the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Comedy Performance for his role in "Charley's Aunt".

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Lampeter)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Aled Rhys William
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - John Roderick Rees
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - John Idris Owen

*Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Richard Cyril Hughes, "Castell Cyfaddawd"

New books

*Duncan Bush - "Aquarium"
*Donald Evans - "Machlud Canrif"
*Gwynn ap Gwilym - "Gwales"
*Emyr Humphreys - "The Taliesin Tradition"
*Sian James - "Dragons and Roses"
*Geraint H. Jenkins - "Hanes Cymru yn y Cyfnod Modern Cynnar: 1530-1760"
*Mike Jenkins - "Empire of a Smoke"
*Alun Jones - "Oed Rhyw Addewid"
*Robert Minhinnick - "Life Sentences"
*Leslie Thomas - "In My Wildest Dreams"
*Gerwyn Williams - "Colli cyswllt"

Music

*"Ar Log IV"
*Icons of Filth - "Onward Christian Soldiers"
*Shakin' Stevens records “Teardrops” with Hank Marvin on guitar.
*Phil Campbell joins Motörhead.

Film

*Ray Milland makes his last film appearance in "The Sea Serpent".
*Sian Phillips stars in "Dune".
*Kevin Allen makes his big screen debut in "The Man Who Shot Christmas".

Welsh-language films

*"None"

Broadcasting

*Gareth Gwenlan becomes Head of Comedy at the BBC.

Welsh-language television

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English-language television

*"The District Nurse" starring Nerys Hughes

port

*Football - Ian Rush becomes the first Welshman to win the European Golden Boot award.
*Horse racing - Neil Doughty wins the Grand National on "Hallo Dandy".

Births

*11 March - Tom James, Olympic gold-medal-winning rower
*1 June - Duffy, singer
*3 September - Gareth Tapper, Athlete
*15 September - Prince Harry of Wales
*20 September - Byron Anthony, footballer
*24 November - Matthew Mason, cricketer

Deaths

*14 January - Ivan Lloyd-Phillips, colonial administrator
*10 February - Ioan Evans, politician
*15 April - Tommy Cooper, comedian
*22 June - Dill Jones, jazz pianist (b.1923).
*5 August - Richard Burton, actor
*27 August - Amabel Williams-Ellis, writer
*23 September - Daniel Granville West, politician
*12 October - Sir Anthony Berry, politician and son of James Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley
*"date unknown"
**Idris Foster, academic
**Will Paynter, miners' leader
**John Roland Lloyd Thomas, clergyman and teacher