1960 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1960 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"
*Archbishop of Wales - Edwin Morris
*Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales - Trefin

Events

*12 April - Nine miners are killed in an accident at Tower Colliery, Hirwaun.
*28 June - Forty-five miners are killed in an accident at Six Bells Colliery, Monmouthshire.
*25 October - Five people are killed when two barges carrying oil and petrol strike the Severn Railway Bridge in fog and part of the bridge collapses on top of them.
*Esso opens the first oil refinery at Milford Haven.
*Poet and peace campaigner Waldo Williams is imprisoned for six weeks for non-payment of income tax.

Arts and literature

*Sian Phillips marries Peter O'Toole.
*Ricky Valance is the first male Welsh singer to hit number one in the charts, with his cover version of "Tell Laura I Love Her".

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardiff)

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - "withheld"
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - W. J. Gruffydd
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Rhiannon Davies Jones

New books

*Thomas Glynne Davies - "Haf Creulon"
*Menna Gallie - "Man's Desiring"
*Dic Jones - "Agor Grwn"
*Kate Roberts - "Y Lôn Wen"
*Bernice Rubens - "Set on Edge"
*Raymond Williams - "Border Country"

New drama

*Saunders Lewis - "Esther"

Music

*Alun Hoddinott - "Concerto no. 2"
*Arwel Hughes - "Serch yw’r Doctor" (opera)

Film

*Glynis Johns stars in "The Sundowners".
*Rachel Roberts stars in "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning", becoming the first Welsh actress to win a BAFTA for Best British Actress.
*Keith Baxter appears alongside Orson Welles in "Chimes at Midnight".

Broadcasting

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Welsh-language television

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English-language television

* 1 January - Broadcast of the first weekly episode of an eight-part serialization by BBC Wales of "How Green Was My Valley"

port

*Boxing - Dick Richardson wins the European Heavyweight title. Brian Curvis wins the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles.
*Summer Olympics - David Broome wins a bronze medal on "Sunsalve" in the individual show jumping event.
*Tennis - Mike Davies wins the British hard court title.
*BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year - Brian Curvis

Births

*30 January - Peter Black AM, politician
*6 February - Jeremy Bowen, journalist and television presenter
*3 May - Geraint Davies, politician
*29 June - Helen Mary Jones, politician (in Colchester)
*18 September - Ian Lucas, politician
*"date unknown" - Malcolm Pryce, novelist (in Shrewsbury)

Deaths

*2 January - Leila Megane, opera singer
*7 May - Mai Jones, songwriter
*27 June - Harry Pollitt, politician
*6 July - Aneurin Bevan, politician
*27 September - George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne, politician
*20 January - Harry Uzzell, Wales international rugby union captain