1982 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1982 to Wales and its people.

"See also:"
1981 in Wales,
other events of 1982,
1983 in Wales and the
list of years in Wales.

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 - Gwilym Owen Williams
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Jâms Nicholas

Events

*June 2 - 100,000 people gather in Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff, to welcome Pope John Paul II on the first-ever papal visit to Wales.
*June 8 - 32 men from the Welsh Guards are killed when the "Sir Galahad" burns during the Falklands War. The most famous of the survivors is Simon Weston.
*Swansea is given the right to have a Lord Mayor.
*October 17 - First issue of "Sulyn", the first Sunday newspaper in the Welsh language.
*St David's Hall opens in Cardiff.
*A monument is erected at Gresford in memory of those who died in the Gresford Disaster of 1934.

Arts and literature

*Roger Rees wins a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby".
*Alice Thomas Ellis is shortlisted for the Booker Prize for "The 27th Kingdom".

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Swansea)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Gerallt Lloyd Owen
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Eirwyn George
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Gwilym M. Jones

New books

*Gwynfor Evans - "Bywyd Cymro"
*Alun Jones - "Pan Ddaw'r Machlud"
*R. Merfyn Jones - "The North Wales Quarrymen 1874-1922"
*Rhiannon Davies Jones - "Eryr Pengwern"
*Kenneth O. Morgan - "Rebirth of a Nation: Wales 1880-1980"
*Wynford Vaughan-Thomas - "Princes of Wales"

Music

*John Cale - "Music For A New Society" (album}
*Dafydd Iwan with Ar Log - "Rhwng Hwyl a Thaith"

Film

*"Political Annie’s Off Again", film of a local industrial dispute made by Chapter Video Workshop.

Welsh language films

*"None"

Broadcasting

Welsh language television

*"Joni Jones"
*"Noson Lawen" appears for the first time.
*S4C starts broadcasting on 1 November

English language television

*"The Citadel" (BBC), filmed in Tredegar.

ports

*Darts - Ann-Marie Davies wins the Women's World Masters Championship.
*Snooker - Terry Parsons wins the World Amateur Championship. Terry Griffiths wins the UK Open and the Mercantile Classic.

Births

*February 1 - Gavin Henson, rugby player
*February 4 - Kevin Gall, footballer
*May 2 - Timothy Benjamin, athlete
*June 21 - Prince William of Wales
*August 29 - Mike Phillips, rugby player
*December 25 - Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer

Deaths

*January 11 - Ronald Lewis, actor
*May 19 - Elwyn Jones, television writer
*July - Bob John, footballer
*October 19 - Iorwerth Peate, founder of St Fagans National History Museum
*November 4 - Talfryn Thomas, comedy actor
*"date unknown"
**Cedric Morris, artist
**Ronald Welch, historical novelist
**Ivor Williams, artist