1983 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1983 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 - Jâms Nicholas

Events

*June - Michael Foot resigns and Neil Kinnock becomes leader of the UK Labour Party after a Conservative landslide in the UK General Election.
**The SDP, led by Roy Jenkins, allies with the Liberals and gains fourteen seats.
**Stefan Terlezki becomes MP for Cardiff West.
**Plaid Cymru retains two seats.
**John Marek is elected for Wrexham, becoming the only Czech-speaking MP.
**Geraint Howells retains Ceredigion for the Liberals.
*Alan Wilson discovers what he believes to be King Arthur's memorial stone at the small ruined church of St Peter-super-Montem on Mynydd-y-Gaer in Glamorgan.
*Marcher Sound launches on 1260 AM and 95.4 FM (now BBC Radio Wales) from Wrexham, inaugurating the Marcher Radio Group.

Arts and literature

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Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Llangefni)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Einion Evans
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Eluned Phillips
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Tudor Wilson Evans

New books

*Walter Hugh Boore - "The Odyssey of Dai Lewis"
*Rachel Bromwich - "Dafydd ap Gwilym: Poems"
*Marion Eames - "Y Gaeaf Sydd Unig"
*Alice Thomas Ellis - "The 27th Kingdom"
*Nigel Jenkins - "Practical Dreams"
*R. Tudur Jones - "Ffydd ac Argyfwng Cenedl"
*Alan Llwyd - "Yn Nydd yr Anghenfil"
*Robert Nisbet - "Stories of Sheepskin"

Music

*The Alarm - Top 20 single "68 Guns" from the album "The Alarm"

Film

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Welsh-language films

*"Yr Alcoholig Llon"

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

*"SuperTed" makes his first appearance.

English-language television

*"QED: Simon's War" (about Simon Weston)

port

*Boxing - David Pearce of Newport wins the British heavyweight title.

Births

*19 January - Rhian Morrissi, harpist
*14 February - Rhydian Roberts, singer
*18 February - David Vaughan, footballer
*13 April - Nicole Cooke, cyclist
*12 May - Jamie Tolley, footballer
*9 June - Ryan Watkins, cricketer
*19 June - Richard Evans, footballer
*10 August - Richie Pugh, rugby player
*"date unknown" - Myfanwy Waring, actress

Deaths

*10 January (in Amsterdam) - Carwyn James, rugby coach
*10 February - Michael Roberts, politician
*20 March - Alec Jones, politician
*10 September - Dai Rees, golfer
*2 November - Tudor Watkins, politician
*30 November - Richard Llewellyn, novelist
*"date unknown" - Richard Vaughan, novelist