• Source: 1976 in Wales

      • This article is about the particular significance of the year 1976 to Wales and its people.


      Incumbents


      Secretary of State for Wales – John Morris
      Archbishop of Wales – Gwilym Williams, Bishop of Bangor
      Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Bryn


      Events


      9 February - The Prince of Wales (now Charles III) becomes commander of HMS Bronington.
      17 February - Operation Julie is launched; it eventually results in the break-up of one of the largest LSD manufacturing operations in the world.
      March - The Welsh Regional Office of the European Community opens in Cardiff.
      June–September - 1976 United Kingdom heat wave: A very hot summer brings a major drought with water shortages.
      July - Miners’ leader Dai Francis challenges the Prince of Wales (now Charles III), in the election for Chancellor of the University of Wales.
      25 July - Former Submarine Commander Neil Rutherford, DSC & Bar, murders four people at the Red Gables Hotel in Penmaenmawr.
      4 October - The InterCity 125 high speed train runs for the first time between Swansea railway station and London Paddington.
      7 December - Swansea-born former fashion model Lilian Davies marries Prince Bertil of Sweden at Drottningholm Palace after a 30-year relationship.
      date unknown - David Emanuel marries Elizabeth Weiner.


      Arts and literature


      May 27 - Actor Stanley Baker is given a knighthood in the Prime Minister's Resignation Honours, a few months before his death.
      August - Dic Jones loses the National Eisteddfod chair on a technicality.
      October - Mistar Urdd is created by Wynne Melville Jones.
      unknown date - Griff Rhys Jones becomes Vice-President of the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club.


      = Awards

      =
      National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Cardigan)
      National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Alan Llwyd
      National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Alan Llwyd
      National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Marged Prichard


      = New books

      =


      English language


      Ruth Bidgood - Not Without Homage
      Glyn Davies - Overseas Investment In Wales
      Kenneth O. Morgan - Keir Hardie
      Bernice Rubens - I Sent a Letter to My Love


      Welsh language


      John Emyr - Enaid Clwyfus
      Alun Llywelyn-Williams - Gwanwyn yn y Ddinas
      Owain Owain - Y Dydd Olaf


      = Poetry

      =
      J. M. Edwards - Cerddi Ddoe a Heddiw - Egin
      Donald Evans
      Geraint Jarman - Cerddi Alfred Street
      Gwilym R. Jones - Y Syrcas a Cherddi Eraill


      = New drama

      =
      John Gwilym Jones - Gobaith Mawr y Ganrif


      = Music

      =
      Edward H. Dafis - 'Sneb yn Becso Dam
      Alun Hoddinott - Murder the Magician (opera)
      Dafydd Iwan - Mae'r Darnau yn Disgyn i'w Lle (album)
      Geraint Jarman - Gobaith Mawr y Ganrif (album)
      Daniel Jones - Dance Fantasy
      Man - The Welsh Connection
      Bonnie Tyler - "Lost in France" (debut single)


      Film




      = Welsh-language films

      =
      Y Dieithryn, produced by Emlyn Williams


      Broadcasting


      Sir Huw Wheldon is knighted for his services to broadcasting.


      = Welsh-language television

      =
      Seren Wib, presented by Emyr Glasnant and Sharon Morgan


      = Welsh language radio

      =
      Tros Fy Sbectol


      = English-language television

      =
      How Green Was My Father: a Welsh Odyssey for 1976, with Ryan Davies and Max Boyce


      Sport


      Football – The Wales national football team plays in the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 1976.
      BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Mervyn Davies and the Wales national rugby union team.
      Rugby union – Wales win their seventh Grand Slam.
      Snooker
      30 January – Ray Reardon wins the Masters.
      23 April – Ray Reardon wins his fifth World Championship title.


      Births


      14 January - Scott Young, footballer
      6 April - James Fox, singer
      8 May - Ian Watkins, pop singer
      13 May - Mark Delaney, footballer
      16 June - Cian Ciaran, musician
      25 June - Iestyn Harris, rugby player
      14 July - Geraint Jones, cricketer
      9 August - Aled Haydn-Jones, radio producer
      1 November - Buffy Williams, politician
      7 November - Andrew Davies, cricketer
      20 December – Adam Powell, inventor
      date unknown - Steffan Cravos, musician and language activist


      Deaths


      3 January – Mal Evans, Beatles' former roadie and patron of Badfinger, 40 (shot)
      23 January – Sir Tudor Thomas, ophthalmic surgeon, 82
      26 January – Eric Francis, architect, 88
      4 February – Roger Livesey, actor, 69
      12 February – John Lewis, Marxist philosopher, 87
      14 February - Tommy Scourfield, dual code rugby player, 66
      29 March - Harold Davie, rugby player, 77
      26 March - Duster Bennett, blues musician, 29 (car accident)
      30 March - Jackie Mittell, footballer, 70
      31 March - Billy Moore, rugby player, 66
      18 April – Haydn Davies, politician, 70
      28 April – Richard Hughes, novelist, 76
      6 June – David Jacobs, athlete, 88
      20 June – Sir Goronwy Edwards, historian, 84
      28 June – Sir Stanley Baker, actor, 48
      18 July – Jenkin Alban Davies, Wales international rugby captain, 90
      22 July – Willie Evans, Welsh international footballer, 63
      30 August - David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore, politician, 72
      10 October - David Lewis, 1st Baron Brecon, politician, 71
      7 November - Glyn Davies, Wales international rugby union player, 49
      22 November - Rupert Davies, actor, 60 (cancer)
      24 November - Ambrose Baker, rugby player, ?79
      date unknown
      Eveline Annie Jenkins, botanical artist, 82/83
      Meirion Williams, songwriter


      See also


      1976 in Northern Ireland


      References

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