1967 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1967 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"
*Secretary of State for Wales - Cledwyn Hughes
*Archbishop of Wales - Edwin Morris

Events

*7 August - Two men and a boy are drowned in the Dyfi estuary.
*The Welsh Language Act 1967 allows the use of Welsh in legal proceedings and official documents.
*The Gittins Report on Primary Education in Wales recommends that "every child should be given sufficient opportunity to be reasonably bilingual by the end of the primary stage".
*Merched Y Wawr is founded in the village of Parc near Bala.
*UWIST becomes part of the University of Wales.
*The first Royal Mail postbus in Britain runs between Llanidloes and Llangurig.
*The Brynglas Tunnel on the M4 motorway is opened.
*The Beatles, along with Mick Jagger, Cilla Black, and Jane Asher, come to Bangor to attend a seminar by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Their visit is cut short by the shock news of manager Brian Epstein's death.
*Newtown, Montgomeryshire, is designated a new town. The River Severn is re-channelled to prevent the town becoming further damaged by floods.
*Foot and Mouth Disease breaks out in North Wales and parts of England.
*Rhodri Morgan marries Julie Edwards.
*The Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent, is transferred to US administration along with RAF Caerwent.
*The Passport Office comes to Newport and the Land Registry to Swansea, as part of a government effort to move government offices into the regions.

Arts and literature

*The first Welsh pantomime is put on in Theatr Felinfach, Aberystwyth -- "Twm Sion Cati".

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Bala)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Emrys Roberts
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Eluned Phillips
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - "withheld"

New books

*Hydwedd Boyer - "I'r Ynysoedd"
*Bill Meilen - "The Division"
*Leslie Norris - "The Loud Winter"
*Brinley Richards - "Cerddi'r Dyffryn"
*Kate Roberts - "Tegwch y Bore"
*Bertrand Russell - "War Crimes in Vietnam"
*William Nantlais Williams - "O Gopa Bryn Nefo"

New drama

*Saunders Lewis - "Cymru Fydd"

Music

*Hogia'r Wyddfa - "Tylluanod" (album)
*Mary Hopkin - "Mae Pob Awr"
*Arwel Hughes - "Mab y Dyn" (cantata)
*William Mathias - "Sinfonietta"
*Toni ac Aloma - "Caffi Gaerwen"
*Y Triban - "Paid â dodi dadi ar y dôl"

Film

*Richard Burton stars in "The Taming of the Shrew" opposite his wife Elizabeth Taylor.
*"Carry On up the Khyber" is filmed in North Wales.

Broadcasting

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Welsh-language television

*"Hob y Deri Dando"; "Disc a Dawn"

English-language television

*"The Shepherds of Moel Siabod" (documentary)
*The cast and crew of "Doctor Who" film the serial "The Abominable Snowmen" at Nant Ffrancon, doubling for Tibet.

port

*Boxing - Howard Winstone is beaten by Mexico's Vincente Saldivar at Ninian Park, Cardiff.
*Cricket - Glamorgan County Cricket Club moves to a new home at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
*Gymnastics - Bobby Williams of Swansea is British champion.
*Rugby union - Barry John and Gareth Edwards make their international debut.
*Swimming - Paul Radmilovic is the first Briton to be elected to the American Swimming Hall of Fame.
*BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Howard Winstone

Births

*16 February - Eluned Morgan, politician
*18 February - Colin Jackson CBE, athlete
*21 March - Carwyn Jones, politician
*7 September - Steve James, cricketer
*12 November - Grant Nicholas, musician
*27 November - Geraint Rees, neurologist
*"date unknown" - Paul Pritchard, climber (in Bolton)

Deaths

*15 January - Sir Cyril Fox, archaeologist
*22 January - Idris Bell, author
*14 February - Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, politician
*11 March - Ivor Rees, Victoria Cross recipient
*5 May - Owen Thomas Jones, geologist
*29 July - Jack Wetter, Wales international rugby union captain
*15 September - Rhys Gabe, Wales international rugby union captain
*8 October - Vernon Watkins, poet
*9 October - Edward Tegla Davies, clergyman and writer
*25 November - Tom Parker, Welsh international rugby union captain
*"date unknown" - Robert John Rowlands ("Meuryn"), poet